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(jaunty bluegrass music)
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("John Henry" by Woody Guthrie)
♪John Henry when he was a baby♪
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♪ settin' down on his
mammy's knee ♪
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♪ picked up an hammer ♪
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♪ in his little right hand,
said 'hammer be ♪
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♪ the death of me me me,' ♪
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♪ Hammer be the death of me!
Hammer be the death of me! ♪
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♪ Lord, lord!
Hammer be the death of me! ♪
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♪ Well, the captain,
he said to John Henry ♪
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♪ 'I'm gonna bring
my steam drill around ♪
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♪ I'm gonna bring my
steam drill out on this job, ♪
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♪ whup that steel on down. ♪
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♪ And I'm gonna whup
that steel on down. ♪
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♪ I'm gonna whup
that steel on down. ♪
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♪ Oh, lord, whup that
steel on down. ♪
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[Male Speaker]
This is a new work song
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with a beat of steam
engines in the rhythm.
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("John Henry") ♪ Now
Henry had a little woman
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♪ Her names was Polly Anne. ♪
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♪ Johnny took sick, ♪
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♪ and he had to go to bed. ♪
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♪ Polly handled steel like a man. ♪
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♪ Polly handled steel like a man. ♪
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♪ Polly handled steel like a man. ♪
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♪ Oh lord!
Polly handled steel like a man. ♪
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♪ Polly handled steel like a man,
Oh lord! ♪
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♪ Polly handled steel like a man. ♪
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(harmonica solo
with dueling guitars)
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[Harmonica player]
Woo!
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(harmonica solo
with dueling guitars]
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["John Henry"] ♪ They took
John Henry to the graveyard.
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♪ We buried him down
in the sand. ♪
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♪ Every locomotive
come a'rolling by by by ♪
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♪ hollered 'there lies
a steel-drivin' man!' ♪
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♪ Oh lord! Hollered,
'there lies a steel drivin' man. ♪
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♪ Oh lord! Hollered,
'there lies a steel drivin' man.' ♪
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♪ Oh lord! Hollered,
'there lies a steel drivin' man.' ♪
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♪ Hollered, 'there's
a steel drivin' man.' ♪
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♪ Hollered, 'there's
a steel drivin' man.' ♪
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(train whistling)
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(fast banjo playing)
