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[00:56.05]John Henry was a new-born baby,
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[01:00.05]sittin' down on his mama's knee
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[01:04.10]Say, "That Big Bend Tunnel on that C & O Road,
[01:08.35]It's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord
[01:12.03]It's gonna be the death of me.
[01:14.84]
[01:15.84]It's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord
[01:19.39]It's gonna be the death of me."
[01:22.51]
[01:23.20]John Henry had two women,
[01:27.13]one was named Mary Magdalene
[01:30.04]
[01:31.41]He would go out on the job and she would sing,
[01:35.12]"Hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord,
[01:38.44]Hear John Henry's hammer ring.
[01:41.18]
[01:42.37]Hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord,
[01:45.99]Hear John Henry's hammer ring."
[01:48.80]
[01:49.42]John Henry had another little woman,
[01:51.79]
[01:53.10]her name was sweet Polly Ann
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[01:56.85]John Henry taken sick, boy,
[01:58.78]and he had to go to bed
[02:01.00]Polly Ann drove steel just like a man, Lord, Lord
[02:04.25]Polly Ann drove steel like a man
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[02:08.12]Polly Ann drove steel just like a man, Lord Lord
[02:11.24]Polly Ann drove steel like a man
[02:13.63]
[02:19.55]"Baby, who's gonna shoe your little feet,
[02:21.81]
[02:23.06]tell me, who's gonna glove your hand?
[02:25.93]
[02:26.73]Tell me, who's gonna kiss your sweet lips now
[02:30.35]Tell me, who's gonna be your man, Lord, Lord
[02:33.98]Tell me, who's gonna be your man.
[02:36.72]
[02:37.72]Tell me, who's gonna be your man, Lord, Lord
[02:40.96]Tell me, who's gonna be your man?"
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[02:43.87]She told him,
[02:44.52]
[02:45.52]"My papa's gonna shoe my little feet,
[02:48.51]my mama's gonna glove my hand
[02:51.82]
[02:52.51]My sister's gonna kiss my sweet little lips, now
[02:56.49]You know I don't need no man, Lord, Lord
[02:59.74]You know I don't need no man.
[03:02.61]
[03:03.48]You know I don't need no man, Lord, Lord
[03:06.87]You know I don't need no man."
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[03:09.44]Tell him now
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[03:34.91]Then they taken John Henry to the White House
[03:38.34]they buried him in the sand
[03:40.60]
[03:42.04]And every locomotive come a-rollin' by, sayin',
[03:45.84]"There lies that steel-drivin' man, Lord, Lord
[03:49.46]There lies that steel-drivin' man.
[03:52.71]There lies that steel-drivin' man, Lord, Lord
[03:55.71]There lies that steel-drivin' man."