Big Spike Hammer

Can you here the ripple of my big spike hammer

Lord, it's busting my side

I work every day to try to please that woman

and, Lord, she's never satisfied

Hey, hey, Della Mae

why do you treat me this way?

Della Mae, oh Della Mae

I'll get even some day

I'm the best hammer swinger in this whole section gang

Big Bill Johnson is my name

I swing this old hammer for a dollar and a half a day

and it's all for my Della Mae

Hey, hey, Della Mae

why do you treat me this way?

Della Mae, oh Della Mae

I'll get even some day

I've been lots of places and there's lots of things I've done

and still some things I wanna see

This hammer that I swing for the woman that I love

one of them's gonna be the death of me

Hey, hey, Della Mae

why do you treat me this way?

Della Mae, oh Della Mae

I'll get even some day