When John Henry was the little pretty boy
Set no his man his need
He beat the big hammer
And the little piece still
This hammer gonna be the dish with me
This hammer gonna be the dish with me
Well when John Henry was a little baby
No bigger than a part of your hand
His mama look down and little John said
Oh John gonna be a deal
Driving a man yes he is
Oh John gonna be a deal running man
Well John Henry he was still a driving man
Roses still all over this land
Set my foot all still
Hammer get me down
I know that would my hammer in my hand
I know that would my hammer in my hand
Well John Henry went to the hammer he drive
As been hammer by his side
That mountain was so cold
John Henry was so smoke
That lay down his hammer
And his cried Lord Lord
He lay down his hammer and his cry
Well John Henry said to his shaker
The shaker why don't you pray
If my hammer ever misses this little piece of deal
The more be your bird in day Lord Lord
The more be your dairy in day
And then the captain he said John Henry
I believe that mountains came be in
Oh John he just left the captain said
It's nothing but my hammer sharking in Lord Lord
It ain't nothing but my hammer sharking in
John Henry had a look little wife
Her name was Poly
Oh John got shake and it how to go to died
Poly do still like a man Lord Lord
Poly goes still like a man
Really bird John Henry by the rival
Big sixty down in the sun
And every time I'm free will come flow by
They say young at less
That deal driving a man Lord Lord
Young at less that feel driving a man