Bruce Springsteen John Henry Lyrics

John Henry Lyrics

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 death of me, Lord, Lord

Hammer's gonna be the death of
me"



Now the captain he

said to John Henry

"I'm gonna
bring that

steam drill around

I'm gonna bring that

steam
drill out on these tracks

I'm gonna knock that

steel on down, God,
God

I'm gonna knock that

steel on down"



John Henry
told his captain

"Lord a man ain't noth' but a man

But before I let
that steam drill

beat me down

I'm gonna die with a hammer

in
my hand, Lord, Lord

I'll die with a hammer in my hand"



John
Henry driving

on the right side

That steam drill driving

on
the left

Says, "Fore I let your

steam drill beat me down

I'm
gonna hammer

myself to death, Lord, Lord,

I'll hammer my fool self
to death"



Well captain said to John Henry

"What is that
storm I hear?"

John Henry said, "That

ain't no storm captain

That's just my hammer

in the air, Lord, Lord

That's just my
hammer in the air"



John Henry said to his shaker

"Shaker,
why don't you sing?

Cause I'm swingin' thirty pounds

from my hips
on down

Yeah, listen to my cold steel

ring, Lord Lord



Listen to my cold steel ring"



John Henry he hammered

in
the mountains

His hammer was striking fire

But he worked so
hard;

it broke his heart

John Henry laid down his hammer

and
died, Lord, Lord



John Henry laid down his hammer and died



Well, now John Henry

he had him a woman

By the name of
Polly Ann

She walked out to those tracks

Picked up John Henry's
hammer

Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord

Polly drove that
steel like a man



Well every, every Monday morning

When a
blue bird he began to sing

You could hear John Henry

from a mile or
more

You could hear John Henry's hammer

ring, Lord, Lord

You
can hear John Henry's hammer ring

I say, You can John Henry's

hammer ring, Lord, Lord

You can John Henry's

hammer ring