Lyrics:
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Who killed John Henry , In the battle of sinners and saints
Take this hammer carry it
Well John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his daddy's knee
He picked up a hammer and
a little piece of steel
And cried, "Hammer's gonna
be
John Henry was about three days old,
Sittin' on his papa's knee.
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel;
Said, "Hammer's gonna be
JOHN HENRY
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John Henry was a little bitty boy sittin' on his mommy's knee
When he picked up a hammer
John Henry was about three days old,
Sittin' on his papa's knee.
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel;
Said, "Hammer's gonna be
John Henry, when he was a baby
Settin' on his mammy's knee
Picked up an hammer in his little right hand
Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, me
John Henry, when he was a baby
Settin' on his mammy's knee
Picked up an hammer in his little right hand
Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, me
When John Henry was a little bitty boy
He picked up a hammer in his hand
Looked up at his mama and smilingly said
I want to be a steel drivin' man
John Henry was about three days old,
Sittin' on his papa's knee.
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel;
Said, "Hammer's gonna be
John Henry was just a little bitty boy
No bigger than the palm of your hand
His mammy looked down at John Henry and say
Johnny you're gonna be
A man named John Henry
Working on the rails
Drove the steel faster
Than anyone could tell
But the boss man done hired
A strange new machine
Would put
When John Henry was just a little bitty boy no bigger than the palm of your hand
His mommy looked down at John Henry and say
Well Johnny you're gonna
John Henry when he was a baby
Settin' on his mammy's knee
Picked up an hammer in his little right hand
Said "Hammer be the death of me me me,
filtered through a million liars.
The whole world smelled like burning tires the day John Henry died.
We knew about that big machine that ran on human
John Henry was a steel driving
John Henry was a steel driving man
John Henry died a hammer in his
John Henry died a hammer in his
John Henry was
John Henry was a little child of four sitting on his loving daddy's knee. He picked up a hammer and he tossed it to the floor saying, this here
When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
Well he picked up a feather and a piece of steel
And said that's gonna be the death
sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Brother John, brother John
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing
Ding, ding, dong
Ding, ding, dong
Eliza
Yes Henry
John Henry was about three days old
Sittin' on his papa's knee.
He picked up a hammer
And a little piece of steel
Said, "this hammer's gonna be
John F Henry
They met like some soldiers do
Is that me, baby is that you
Like this all got started
Long before he longing for thee
This is a song
When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
Well he picked up a feather and a piece of steel
And said that's gonna be the death
come through
Well-well, the 'right-left' that Joe Louis was usin'
Hoo-well, man
Give John Henry, Louis's head the blues, now
Well-well, then Joe's
young Henry took the throne, Margaret, his consort
Then, Richard's Berengaria, recognized by the court
Isabella, in 1200 became Queen under John
Eleanor
a murderer too
July the sixth, 1846
In the town that they call The Sault
Two men John did work for, two men who were at war
Henry Schoolcraft and Abel Bingham
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