John Henry - Buster Brown

Yeah

Johnny told his old Captain man

Ah when you go downtown

Bring me back the nine pounds hammer

I got to drive this steel on down

I got to drive this steel on down

You see Johnny's hammer

Hit the mighty boiler

The hammer caught on fire

Now the last word I heard

The poor boy say

I want a cool drink a water fore I die

Yeah a cool drink a water fore I die

Yeah Johnny's wife

She heard that Johnny was dead

And she couldn't have stayed in bed

Oh now Monday morning

Caught the eastbound train

She said I'm going where my man fell dead

Yeah I'm going where my man fell dead

Look out

Wooh Wooh Wooh

Wooh Wooh

Wooh Wooh

Yeah

Johnny's wife she wore

A brand new dress

And it was trimmed in blue

Yeah the last were the words

Said to him oh Lord now

Honey I been good to you

Yeah honey I been good to you

Well they carried Little John

To the graveyard boys listen

They looked at him good and long

Now the last were the words

If you hear me oh Lord

Oh my husband he is dead and gone

That's what she said

She said My husband he is dead and gone

Yeah my husband he is dead and gone

Yeah when John Henry was a baby

You could hold him in the paddles of your hand

When everytime they'd rock him cried

They say He sho gonna be a little man

Yeah he sho gonna be a little man

Yeah who gonna buy you pretty shoes then

And who gonna roll you cheek

She said My daddy gonna buy my pretty lil

And John Henry gonna roll my cheek

And John Henry gonna roll my cheek