The Legend of John Henry's Hammer [#/*] Lyrics

Song	The Legend of John Henry's Hammer [#/*]
Artist	Johnny Cash
Album	At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
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[00:00.00]	作词 : Carter, Cash, Cash
[00:19.14]	John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
[00:22.71]	He said, "'Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you"
[00:26.53]	Said "listen boy
[00:27.82]	Learn to hoist a jack, and learn to lay a track
[00:31.61]	Learn to pick and shovel too and take that hammer
[00:35.78]	It'll do anything you tell it to"
[00:39.30]	John Henry's mammy had about a dozen babies
[00:43.33]	John Henry's pappy broke jail a dozen times
[00:47.72]	The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money
[00:51.79]	He said, "I'll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow
[00:55.76]	That's the pay for a steel driver on this line"
[00:59.63]	Then the section foreman said, "Hey, hammer swinger
[01:03.70]	Said "I see you brought your own hammer boy
[01:05.06]	But what else can all those muscles do" and he said,
[01:08.39]	"I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[01:12.32]	I can pick and shovel too"
[01:15.33]	He said "Can you swing a hammer?"
[01:16.56]	He said "I'll do anything, you hire me to"
[01:24.94]	He said "now ain't you somethin'
[01:26.85]	You're so high and mighty with your muscles
[01:29.15]	Go ahead, boy and pick up that hammer show me what you can do"
[01:32.98]	He said, "Get a rusty spike and swing a hammer down three times
[01:37.64]	I'll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to
[01:41.30]	Go on and do what you say you can do"
[01:45.00]	With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle
[01:49.00]	John Henry raised it back 'til it touched his heels then
[01:53.38]	The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two
[01:57.48]	Thirty-five cents a day for drivin' steel
[02:00.48]	He said "Sweat, sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings"
[02:03.12]	He Said"I was born for driven steel"
[02:09.88]	Well now John Henry hammered in the mountains
[02:13.67]	He'd give a grunt, he'd give a groan with every swing
[02:17.65]	The women folks for miles around heard him and come down
[02:21.78]	To watch him make the cold steel ring, "Lord what a swinger
[02:26.10]	What you made the cold steel ring"
[02:31.68]	Then the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry
[02:35.45]	he said, "You full of vinegar now, but you about through
[02:39.72]	We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin'
[02:43.76]	Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry?
[02:47.57]	Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you"
[02:51.34]	John Henry said, "I feed four little brothers
[02:55.22]	And my baby sister's walkin' on her knees
[02:59.62]	Now did the Lord say that machines
[03:02.37]	Oughtta take the place of livin'?
[03:05.62]	Then what's a substitute for bread and beans? I ain't seen it
[03:11.41]	Do engines get rewarded for their steam?"
[03:18.52]	And John Henry said to his captain,
[03:22.10]	Said " A man ain't nothin' but a man
[03:25.89]	But you can bring that steam drill round,
[03:28.15]	And I'll beat it fair and honest
[03:30.50]	I'll die with that hammer in my hand but I'll be laughin'
[03:34.24]	But you can't replace a steel drivin' man"
[03:37.71]	There was a big crowd of people at the mountain
[03:41.82]	John Henry said to the steam drill, "How is you?"
[03:45.53]	Said "Pardon me mister steam drill, I suppose you didn't hear me"
[03:48.09]	I said, "How're you?"
[03:50.01]	Can you hoist a jack, can you lay a track
[03:53.66]	Can you pick and shovel too?"
[03:57.14]	Listen, this hammer swinger's talkin' to you
[04:22.35]	Two thousand people hollered, "Go, John Henry"
[04:25.51]	Then somebody hollered, "The mountain's caving in"
[04:28.81]	John Henry told the captain, "Tell the kind folks don't worry
[04:32.17]	That ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
[04:34.68]	It keeps me breathin'
[04:35.90]	The steel driver's muscle I intend"
[04:42.84]	Captain, tell the people, move back further
[04:46.01]	I'm at the finish line and there ain't no drill
[04:49.40]	It's so far behind but yet ain't got the brains to quit it
[04:52.77]	When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills, Lord lordy
[04:56.26]	When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills
[05:02.51]	Now John Henry had a little woman
[05:06.51]	I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann
[05:10.10]	Yeah that was his good woman
[05:11.72]	John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder
[05:13.51]	And he went on home, early next morning
[05:15.39]	He said, "Come here Polly Ann, come here sugar
[05:18.50]	Said "You know, I've laying here watch the sun come up
[05:21.48]	And I believe this is the first time
[05:22.54]	I've seen The sun come up that I couldn't come up with it"
[05:26.27]	He said "Take that hammer, Polly Ann and go to that railroad
[05:32.50]	When he's swing at the laying man
[05:33.85]	You tell'em like I'm laying like I do, you tell'em
[05:36.14]	"I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[05:39.65]	I can pick and shovel too, ain't no machine can
[05:44.23]	That's been proved to you"
[05:48.59]	There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house
[05:53.07]	The section hands laid him in the sand
[05:57.16]	Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
[06:01.48]	They slow down and take off their hats
[06:02.97]	When they come to hoist land
[06:04.43]	Restin' his back, they said,
[06:06.78]	"Mornin', steel driver you sure was a hammer swinger"
[06:10.42]	Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed
[06:12.70]	Clickity clack
[06:14.72]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
[06:18.36]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:23.35]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, lord, Lord
[06:27.14]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:30.43]	Oh Yonder lies a steel...

[00:00.00]	zuo ci : Carter, Cash, Cash
[00:19.14]	John Henry' s pappy woke him up one midnight
[00:22.71]	He said, "' Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you"
[00:26.53]	Said " listen boy
[00:27.82]	Learn to hoist a jack, and learn to lay a track
[00:31.61]	Learn to pick and shovel too and take that hammer
[00:35.78]	It' ll do anything you tell it to"
[00:39.30]	John Henry' s mammy had about a dozen babies
[00:43.33]	John Henry' s pappy broke jail a dozen times
[00:47.72]	The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money
[00:51.79]	He said, " I' ll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow
[00:55.76]	That' s the pay for a steel driver on this line"
[00:59.63]	Then the section foreman said, " Hey, hammer swinger
[01:03.70]	Said " I see you brought your own hammer boy
[01:05.06]	But what else can all those muscles do" and he said,
[01:08.39]	" I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[01:12.32]	I can pick and shovel too"
[01:15.33]	He said " Can you swing a hammer?"
[01:16.56]	He said " I' ll do anything, you hire me to"
[01:24.94]	He said " now ain' t you somethin'
[01:26.85]	You' re so high and mighty with your muscles
[01:29.15]	Go ahead, boy and pick up that hammer show me what you can do"
[01:32.98]	He said, " Get a rusty spike and swing a hammer down three times
[01:37.64]	I' ll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to
[01:41.30]	Go on and do what you say you can do"
[01:45.00]	With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle
[01:49.00]	John Henry raised it back ' til it touched his heels then
[01:53.38]	The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two
[01:57.48]	Thirtyfive cents a day for drivin' steel
[02:00.48]	He said " Sweat, sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings"
[02:03.12]	He Said" I was born for driven steel"
[02:09.88]	Well now John Henry hammered in the mountains
[02:13.67]	He' d give a grunt, he' d give a groan with every swing
[02:17.65]	The women folks for miles around heard him and come down
[02:21.78]	To watch him make the cold steel ring, " Lord what a swinger
[02:26.10]	What you made the cold steel ring"
[02:31.68]	Then the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry
[02:35.45]	he said, " You full of vinegar now, but you about through
[02:39.72]	We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin'
[02:43.76]	Then what' s all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry?
[02:47.57]	Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you"
[02:51.34]	John Henry said, " I feed four little brothers
[02:55.22]	And my baby sister' s walkin' on her knees
[02:59.62]	Now did the Lord say that machines
[03:02.37]	Oughtta take the place of livin'?
[03:05.62]	Then what' s a substitute for bread and beans? I ain' t seen it
[03:11.41]	Do engines get rewarded for their steam?"
[03:18.52]	And John Henry said to his captain,
[03:22.10]	Said " A man ain' t nothin' but a man
[03:25.89]	But you can bring that steam drill round,
[03:28.15]	And I' ll beat it fair and honest
[03:30.50]	I' ll die with that hammer in my hand but I' ll be laughin'
[03:34.24]	But you can' t replace a steel drivin' man"
[03:37.71]	There was a big crowd of people at the mountain
[03:41.82]	John Henry said to the steam drill, " How is you?"
[03:45.53]	Said " Pardon me mister steam drill, I suppose you didn' t hear me"
[03:48.09]	I said, " How' re you?"
[03:50.01]	Can you hoist a jack, can you lay a track
[03:53.66]	Can you pick and shovel too?"
[03:57.14]	Listen, this hammer swinger' s talkin' to you
[04:22.35]	Two thousand people hollered, " Go, John Henry"
[04:25.51]	Then somebody hollered, " The mountain' s caving in"
[04:28.81]	John Henry told the captain, " Tell the kind folks don' t worry
[04:32.17]	That ain' t nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
[04:34.68]	It keeps me breathin'
[04:35.90]	The steel driver' s muscle I intend"
[04:42.84]	Captain, tell the people, move back further
[04:46.01]	I' m at the finish line and there ain' t no drill
[04:49.40]	It' s so far behind but yet ain' t got the brains to quit it
[04:52.77]	When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills, Lord lordy
[04:56.26]	When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills
[05:02.51]	Now John Henry had a little woman
[05:06.51]	I believe the lady' s name was Polly Ann
[05:10.10]	Yeah that was his good woman
[05:11.72]	John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder
[05:13.51]	And he went on home, early next morning
[05:15.39]	He said, " Come here Polly Ann, come here sugar
[05:18.50]	Said " You know, I' ve laying here watch the sun come up
[05:21.48]	And I believe this is the first time
[05:22.54]	I' ve seen The sun come up that I couldn' t come up with it"
[05:26.27]	He said " Take that hammer, Polly Ann and go to that railroad
[05:32.50]	When he' s swing at the laying man
[05:33.85]	You tell' em like I' m laying like I do, you tell' em
[05:36.14]	" I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[05:39.65]	I can pick and shovel too, ain' t no machine can
[05:44.23]	That' s been proved to you"
[05:48.59]	There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house
[05:53.07]	The section hands laid him in the sand
[05:57.16]	Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
[06:01.48]	They slow down and take off their hats
[06:02.97]	When they come to hoist land
[06:04.43]	Restin' his back, they said,
[06:06.78]	" Mornin', steel driver you sure was a hammer swinger"
[06:10.42]	Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed
[06:12.70]	Clickity clack
[06:14.72]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
[06:18.36]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:23.35]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, lord, Lord
[06:27.14]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:30.43]	Oh Yonder lies a steel...

[00:00.00]	zuò cí : Carter, Cash, Cash
[00:19.14]	John Henry' s pappy woke him up one midnight
[00:22.71]	He said, "' Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you"
[00:26.53]	Said " listen boy
[00:27.82]	Learn to hoist a jack, and learn to lay a track
[00:31.61]	Learn to pick and shovel too and take that hammer
[00:35.78]	It' ll do anything you tell it to"
[00:39.30]	John Henry' s mammy had about a dozen babies
[00:43.33]	John Henry' s pappy broke jail a dozen times
[00:47.72]	The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money
[00:51.79]	He said, " I' ll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow
[00:55.76]	That' s the pay for a steel driver on this line"
[00:59.63]	Then the section foreman said, " Hey, hammer swinger
[01:03.70]	Said " I see you brought your own hammer boy
[01:05.06]	But what else can all those muscles do" and he said,
[01:08.39]	" I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[01:12.32]	I can pick and shovel too"
[01:15.33]	He said " Can you swing a hammer?"
[01:16.56]	He said " I' ll do anything, you hire me to"
[01:24.94]	He said " now ain' t you somethin'
[01:26.85]	You' re so high and mighty with your muscles
[01:29.15]	Go ahead, boy and pick up that hammer show me what you can do"
[01:32.98]	He said, " Get a rusty spike and swing a hammer down three times
[01:37.64]	I' ll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to
[01:41.30]	Go on and do what you say you can do"
[01:45.00]	With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle
[01:49.00]	John Henry raised it back ' til it touched his heels then
[01:53.38]	The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two
[01:57.48]	Thirtyfive cents a day for drivin' steel
[02:00.48]	He said " Sweat, sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings"
[02:03.12]	He Said" I was born for driven steel"
[02:09.88]	Well now John Henry hammered in the mountains
[02:13.67]	He' d give a grunt, he' d give a groan with every swing
[02:17.65]	The women folks for miles around heard him and come down
[02:21.78]	To watch him make the cold steel ring, " Lord what a swinger
[02:26.10]	What you made the cold steel ring"
[02:31.68]	Then the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry
[02:35.45]	he said, " You full of vinegar now, but you about through
[02:39.72]	We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin'
[02:43.76]	Then what' s all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry?
[02:47.57]	Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you"
[02:51.34]	John Henry said, " I feed four little brothers
[02:55.22]	And my baby sister' s walkin' on her knees
[02:59.62]	Now did the Lord say that machines
[03:02.37]	Oughtta take the place of livin'?
[03:05.62]	Then what' s a substitute for bread and beans? I ain' t seen it
[03:11.41]	Do engines get rewarded for their steam?"
[03:18.52]	And John Henry said to his captain,
[03:22.10]	Said " A man ain' t nothin' but a man
[03:25.89]	But you can bring that steam drill round,
[03:28.15]	And I' ll beat it fair and honest
[03:30.50]	I' ll die with that hammer in my hand but I' ll be laughin'
[03:34.24]	But you can' t replace a steel drivin' man"
[03:37.71]	There was a big crowd of people at the mountain
[03:41.82]	John Henry said to the steam drill, " How is you?"
[03:45.53]	Said " Pardon me mister steam drill, I suppose you didn' t hear me"
[03:48.09]	I said, " How' re you?"
[03:50.01]	Can you hoist a jack, can you lay a track
[03:53.66]	Can you pick and shovel too?"
[03:57.14]	Listen, this hammer swinger' s talkin' to you
[04:22.35]	Two thousand people hollered, " Go, John Henry"
[04:25.51]	Then somebody hollered, " The mountain' s caving in"
[04:28.81]	John Henry told the captain, " Tell the kind folks don' t worry
[04:32.17]	That ain' t nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
[04:34.68]	It keeps me breathin'
[04:35.90]	The steel driver' s muscle I intend"
[04:42.84]	Captain, tell the people, move back further
[04:46.01]	I' m at the finish line and there ain' t no drill
[04:49.40]	It' s so far behind but yet ain' t got the brains to quit it
[04:52.77]	When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills, Lord lordy
[04:56.26]	When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills
[05:02.51]	Now John Henry had a little woman
[05:06.51]	I believe the lady' s name was Polly Ann
[05:10.10]	Yeah that was his good woman
[05:11.72]	John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder
[05:13.51]	And he went on home, early next morning
[05:15.39]	He said, " Come here Polly Ann, come here sugar
[05:18.50]	Said " You know, I' ve laying here watch the sun come up
[05:21.48]	And I believe this is the first time
[05:22.54]	I' ve seen The sun come up that I couldn' t come up with it"
[05:26.27]	He said " Take that hammer, Polly Ann and go to that railroad
[05:32.50]	When he' s swing at the laying man
[05:33.85]	You tell' em like I' m laying like I do, you tell' em
[05:36.14]	" I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track
[05:39.65]	I can pick and shovel too, ain' t no machine can
[05:44.23]	That' s been proved to you"
[05:48.59]	There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house
[05:53.07]	The section hands laid him in the sand
[05:57.16]	Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
[06:01.48]	They slow down and take off their hats
[06:02.97]	When they come to hoist land
[06:04.43]	Restin' his back, they said,
[06:06.78]	" Mornin', steel driver you sure was a hammer swinger"
[06:10.42]	Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed
[06:12.70]	Clickity clack
[06:14.72]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
[06:18.36]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:23.35]	Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, lord, Lord
[06:27.14]	Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[06:30.43]	Oh Yonder lies a steel...

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