Merle Travis - John Henry (Live) Lyrics

Lyrics John Henry (Live) - Merle Travis



When John Henry was just a little bitty boy
Settin' on his mammy's knee
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
Said, it's gonna be the death of me
It's gonna be the death of me
When John Henry was a little baby
He was no bigger than the palm of your hand
Well he's mammy looked down at little Johnny and said
Oh Johnny gonna be a steel drivin' man, Lord Lord
Oh Johnny gonna be a steel drivin' man
Well John Henry he was a steel drivin' man
He drove steel all over the land
He said before I let a steam hammer get me down
Gonna die with my hammer in my hand, Lord Lord
Gonna die with my hammer in my hand
Now John Henry went to the eternal drive
He had a steam hammer by his side
Oh the mountain was so tall, John Henry was so small
That he laid down his hammer and he cried Lord Lord
He laid down his hammer and he cried
Well, John Henry had him a lovin' little wife
And Her name was Polly Ann
Oh Johnny got sick and he had to go to bed
Polly drove steel like a man, Lord Lord
Polly drove steel like a man
Now they buried John Henry by the railroad
They laid him six feet down in the sand
And every time a freight train would hoo-hoo by
They'd say "Yonder lays that steel drivin' man
Yonder lays that steel drivin' man"



Writer(s): MERLE TRAVIS


Merle Travis - Top 80 Classics - The Very Best of Merle Travis
Album Top 80 Classics - The Very Best of Merle Travis
date of release
21-03-2014

1 No Vacancy (Live)
2 Divorce Me C.O.D.
3 So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
4 Cannonball Rag
5 Guitar Rag
6 Sixteen Tons
7 Deep South
8 Steel Guitar Rag
9 I'll See You In My Dreams
10 Blues, Stay Away from Me
11 Too Much Sugar for a Dime
12 Bye Bye Blues
13 Texas Tornado
14 What A Shame
15 Will the Circle Be Unbroken'
16 Saturday Night Shuffle
17 Re-Enlistment Blues
18 Good Bye My Bluebells
19 I'm Sick and Tied of You
20 If We Never Meet Again
21 John Bolin
22 Kentucky Means Paradise
23 Lawdy What a Girl
24 Liza Jane
25 Louisiana Boogie
26 Possum Up In the Cemetery
27 Barbara Allen
28 T for Texas
29 Three Times Seven
30 Philosophy
31 Hominy Grits-Bugle Call Rag
32 Little David Play Onyour Harp
33 When My Baby Does Her Double-Talk to Me
34 Milk 'Em in the Morning Blues
35 The Snitzelbob Song
36 Boogie Woogie Cowboy
37 How Long Has That Train Been Gone
38 Dapper Dan
39 Sugar Gourd Full of Whiskey
40 Go 'Long Mule
41 Darktown Strutters' Ball
42 Freight Train Blues
43 Fuller
44 Churchy Time
45 Ain't That a Cryin' Shame
46 Porky's Boogie
47 Ida Sweet As Apple Cider-Sheik of Araby
48 When You and I Were Young, Maggie
49 I'm S-A-V-E-D
50 Kansas City Blues
51 Osage Stomp
52 Our Little Home in the Country
53 I'm Gonna Ride That Gospel Train
54 Pigmeat Strut
55 Follow Through
56 Gambler's Guitar
57 Hominy Grits - Live
58 Nobody
59 Sixteen Tons - Live
60 Cincinnati Lou
61 Crazy Boogie
62 Dark As a Dungeon
63 Done Rovin'
64 Fat Gal
65 I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man
66 Lost John Boogie
67 Missouri
68 Over By Number Nine
69 Souix City Sue
70 Pound Hammer




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