Letras
The first time I met John Henry
He was a-sittin' on his daddy's knee
He picked up a hammer with a little piece of steel and said
"This is going to be the death of me
This is going to be the death of me"
John Henry was runnin' with this woman
Her name was Delilah Mae
She'd cook up a pot of rice, collard greens and black-eyed peas
And take it to his job every day
And take it to his job every day
Some say he came from Texas
They was wrong
Others say he came from Maine
John Henry was nothin' but a steel-drivin' man
Workin' very hard for his pay
Workin' very hard for his pay
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
Workin' very hard for his pay
Workin' very hard for his pay
The captain, he told John Henry
"I'm going to bring that steam drill 'round
I'm gonna bring that steam drill out here on the job
It's gonna be dusty right on down
It's gonna be dusty right on down"
John Henry told the captain
"A man ain't nothin' but a man
Give me a 49-pound sledge with a 15-foot handle
And I'm gonna
I'm gonna kick your steam drill's ass
I'm gonna kick your steam drill's ass"
John Henry drove the first of 65 feet
While the steam drill had only driven nine
But workin' so hard, you know it broke that man's poor heart
And he
He laid right on down and he died
He laid right on down and he died
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
John Henry, he was a steel-drivin' man
Workin' very hard for his pay
Workin' very hard for his pay
News came down the track early this mornin'
That that big, black John Henry was dead
John Henry's dead
Hello? Sabu
Yeah, man