| Song | John Henry |
| Artist | Woody Guthrie |
| Album | My Dusty Road |
| 作曲 : Traditional | |
| John Henry, when he was a baby | |
| Settin' on his mammy's knee | |
| Picked up an hammer in his little right hand | |
| Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, meHammer be the death of me" | |
| Some say he's born in | |
| TexasSome say he's born up in | |
| MaineI just say he was a | |
| Louisiana man | |
| Leader of a steel-driving chain gang | |
| Leader on a steel-driving gang | |
| Well, the | |
| Captain said to | |
| John Henry"I'm gonna bring my steam drill aroundGonna bring my steam drill out on the jobGonna whup that steel on down, down, downWhup that steel on down" | |
| John Henry said to the | |
| Captain(What he say?)"You can bring your steam drill aroundYou can bring your steam drill out on the jobI'll beat your steam drill down, down, downBeat your steam drill down" | |
| John Henry said to his | |
| Shaker"Shaker, you had better prayIf you miss your six feet of steelI'll be your buryin' day, day, dayI'll be your buryin' day" | |
| Now, the Shaker said to | |
| John Henry(Yes sir)"Man ain't nothing but a man(No he ain't)But before I'd let that steam drill beat me down(I believe him)I'd die with an hammer in my hand, hand, hand(I believe him)I'd die with an hammer in my hand" | |
| John Henry had a little woman | |
| Her name was | |
| Polly Anne | |
| John Henry took sick and was laid up in bed | |
| While Polly handled steel like a man, man, man | |
| Polly handled steel like a man | |
| They took | |
| John Henry to the graveyard | |
| Laid him down in the sand | |
| Every locomotive comin' a-rolling by | |
| Hollered, there lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man | |
| There lies a steel-drivin' man | |
| There lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man | |
| There lies a steel-drivin' man |
| zuò qǔ : Traditional | |
| John Henry, when he was a baby | |
| Settin' on his mammy' s knee | |
| Picked up an hammer in his little right hand | |
| Said, " Hammer be the death of me, me, meHammer be the death of me" | |
| Some say he' s born in | |
| TexasSome say he' s born up in | |
| MaineI just say he was a | |
| Louisiana man | |
| Leader of a steeldriving chain gang | |
| Leader on a steeldriving gang | |
| Well, the | |
| Captain said to | |
| John Henry" I' m gonna bring my steam drill aroundGonna bring my steam drill out on the jobGonna whup that steel on down, down, downWhup that steel on down" | |
| John Henry said to the | |
| Captain What he say?" You can bring your steam drill aroundYou can bring your steam drill out on the jobI' ll beat your steam drill down, down, downBeat your steam drill down" | |
| John Henry said to his | |
| Shaker" Shaker, you had better prayIf you miss your six feet of steelI' ll be your buryin' day, day, dayI' ll be your buryin' day" | |
| Now, the Shaker said to | |
| John Henry Yes sir" Man ain' t nothing but a man No he ain' t But before I' d let that steam drill beat me down I believe him I' d die with an hammer in my hand, hand, hand I believe him I' d die with an hammer in my hand" | |
| John Henry had a little woman | |
| Her name was | |
| Polly Anne | |
| John Henry took sick and was laid up in bed | |
| While Polly handled steel like a man, man, man | |
| Polly handled steel like a man | |
| They took | |
| John Henry to the graveyard | |
| Laid him down in the sand | |
| Every locomotive comin' arolling by | |
| Hollered, there lies a steeldrivin' man, man, man | |
| There lies a steeldrivin' man | |
| There lies a steeldrivin' man, man, man | |
| There lies a steeldrivin' man |