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The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
La Légende du Marteau de John Henry - En concert à la prison d'État de Folsom, Folsom, CA (1er concert) - Janvier 1968
John
Henry's
pappy
woke
him
up
one
midnight
Le
papa
de
John
Henry
l'a
réveillé
un
minuit
He
said
before
the
sheriff
comes
I
wanna
tell
you
Il
a
dit
avant
que
le
shérif
ne
vienne,
je
veux
te
dire
Said,
"Listen,
boy"
Il
a
dit,
"Écoute,
mon
garçon"
"Learn
to
hoist
a
jack
and
learn
to
lay
a
track"
"Apprends
à
hisser
un
cric
et
apprends
à
poser
une
voie
ferrée"
"Learn
to
pick
and
shovel
too"
"Apprends
à
piocher
et
à
pelleter
aussi"
"And
take
that
hammer"
"Et
prends
ce
marteau"
"It'll
do
anything
you
tell
it
to"
"Il
fera
tout
ce
que
tu
lui
diras
de
faire"
John
Henry's
mammy
had
about
a
dozen
babies
La
maman
de
John
Henry
avait
environ
une
douzaine
de
bébés
John
Henry's
pappy
broke
jail
a
dozen
times
Le
papa
de
John
Henry
s'est
évadé
de
prison
une
douzaine
de
fois
The
babies
all
got
sick
and
when
the
doctor
wanted
money
Les
bébés
sont
tous
tombés
malades
et
quand
le
docteur
a
voulu
de
l'argent
He
said,
"I'll
pay
you
quarter
at
a
time,
startin'
tomorow"
Il
a
dit,
"Je
te
paierai
25
cents
à
la
fois,
à
partir
de
demain"
That's
the
pay
for
a
steel
driver
on
this
line
C'est
le
salaire
d'un
poseur
de
rails
sur
cette
ligne
Then
the
section
foreman
said,
"Hey,
hammer
swinger"
Puis
le
contremaître
de
la
section
a
dit,
"Hé,
le
gars
au
marteau"
Said,
"I
see
you
brought
your
own
hammer,
boy,
but
what
else
can
all
them
muscles
do?"
Il
a
dit,
"Je
vois
que
tu
as
apporté
ton
propre
marteau,
mon
garçon,
mais
que
peuvent
faire
tous
ces
muscles
d'autre
?"
And
he
said,
"I
can
hoist
a
jack
and
I
can
lay
a
track,
I
can
pick
and
shovel
too"
Et
il
a
dit,
"Je
peux
hisser
un
cric
et
je
peux
poser
une
voie
ferrée,
je
peux
piocher
et
pelleter
aussi"
He
said,
"Can
you
swing
that
hammer?"
Il
a
dit,
"Tu
peux
manier
ce
marteau
?"
And
he
said,
"Do
anything
you
hire
me
to"
Et
il
a
dit,
"Je
peux
faire
tout
ce
pour
quoi
tu
m'engages"
He
said,
"Now
ain't
you
something?"
Il
a
dit,
"Eh
bien,
tu
n'es
pas
rien
?"
"You
so
high
and
mighty
with
all
them
muscles"
"Tu
es
si
arrogant
avec
tous
ces
muscles"
"Go
ahead,
boy,
pick
up
that
hammer
and
show
me
what
you
can
do"
"Vas-y,
mon
garçon,
prends
ce
marteau
et
montre-moi
ce
que
tu
sais
faire"
He
said,
"Get
a
rusty
spike
and
swing
that
hammer
down
three
times
Il
a
dit,
"Prends
un
clou
rouillé
et
frappe
ce
marteau
trois
fois"
"Pay
you
a
nickel
a
day
for
every
inch
you
sink
it
to"
"Je
te
paierai
5 cents
par
jour
pour
chaque
pouce
que
tu
l'enfonces"
"Go
on
and
do
what
you
say
you
can
do"
"Vas-y
et
fais
ce
que
tu
dis
pouvoir
faire"
With
a
steep
nose
hammer
on
a
four
foot
switch
handle
Avec
un
marteau
à
nez
pointu
sur
un
manche
de
quatre
pieds
John
Henry
raised
it
back
'til
it
touched
his
heels
John
Henry
l'a
soulevé
jusqu'à
ce
qu'il
touche
ses
talons
The
spike
went
through
the
cross
tie
and
it
split
it
half
in
two
Le
clou
a
traversé
la
traverse
et
l'a
fendue
en
deux
35
cents
a
day
for
drivin'
steel
35
cents
par
jour
pour
poser
des
rails
Said,
"Sweat,
boy,
sweat,
you
owe
me
two
more
swings"
Il
a
dit,
"Sue,
mon
garçon,
sue,
tu
me
dois
encore
deux
coups"
Said,
"I
was
born
for
drivin'
steel"
Il
a
dit,
"Je
suis
né
pour
poser
des
rails"
Well
now,
John
Henry
hammered
in
the
mountains
Eh
bien,
John
Henry
a
martelé
dans
les
montagnes
He'd
give
a
grunt
and
he'd
give
a
groan
with
every
swing
Il
poussait
un
grognement
et
un
gémissement
à
chaque
coup
The
women
folks
for
miles
around,
heard
him
and
come
down
Les
femmes
à
des
kilomètres
à
la
ronde
l'entendaient
et
descendaient
Said,
"Watch
him
make
the
cold
steel
ring,
Lord,
what
a
swinger"
Elles
disaient,
"Regardez-le
faire
sonner
l'acier
froid,
Seigneur,
quel
cogneur"
"Watch
him
make
the
cold
steel
ring"
"Regardez-le
faire
sonner
l'acier
froid"
Then
the
bad
boss
come
up
laughing
at
John
Henry
Puis
le
méchant
patron
est
arrivé
en
riant
de
John
Henry
He
said,
"You
full
of
vinegar
now,
but
you
'bout
through"
Il
a
dit,
"Tu
es
plein
de
vinaigre
maintenant,
mais
tu
es
sur
le
point
de
finir"
"We
gonna
get
a
steam
drill
to
do
your
share
of
drivin'"
"On
va
avoir
une
foreuse
à
vapeur
pour
faire
ta
part
du
travail"
"Then
what's
all
them
muscles
gonna
do?
Huh,
John
Henry?"
"Alors,
que
vont
faire
tous
ces
muscles
? Hein,
John
Henry
?"
"Gonna
take
a
little
bit
of
vinegar
out
of
you"
"On
va
te
faire
perdre
un
peu
de
ton
vinaigre"
John
Henry
said,
"I
feed
four
little
brothers"
John
Henry
a
dit,
"Je
nourris
quatre
petits
frères"
"And
my
baby
sister's
walkin'
on
her
knees"
"Et
ma
petite
sœur
marche
à
quatre
pattes"
"Now
did
the
Lord
say
that
machines
oughta
take
the
place
of
the
living?"
"Le
Seigneur
a-t-il
dit
que
les
machines
devaient
prendre
la
place
des
vivants
?"
"Then
what's
a
subsitute
for
bread
and
beans?
I
ain't
seen
it"
"Alors,
qu'est-ce
qui
remplace
le
pain
et
les
haricots
? Je
ne
l'ai
pas
encore
vu"
"Do
engines
get
rewarded
for
their
steam?"
"Est-ce
que
les
moteurs
sont
récompensés
pour
leur
vapeur
?"
The
John
Henry
said
to
his
captain
John
Henry
a
dit
à
son
contremaître
Said,
"A
man
ain't
nothin'
but
a
man"
Il
a
dit,
"Un
homme
n'est
rien
d'autre
qu'un
homme"
"But
you
can
bring
that
steam
drill
'round
and
I'll
beat
it
fair
and
honest"
"Mais
tu
peux
amener
cette
foreuse
à
vapeur
et
je
la
battrai
à
la
loyale"
"I'll
die
with
that
hammer
in
my
hand,
but
I'll
be
laughing"
"Je
mourrai
avec
ce
marteau
à
la
main,
mais
je
mourrai
en
riant"
"'Cause
you
can't
replace
a
steel
drivin'
man"
"Parce
qu'on
ne
peut
pas
remplacer
un
homme
qui
pose
des
rails"
There
was
a
big
crowd
of
people
at
the
mountain
Il
y
avait
une
grande
foule
de
gens
à
la
montagne
John
Henry
said
to
the
steam
drill,
"How
is
you?"
John
Henry
a
dit
à
la
foreuse
à
vapeur,
"Comment
allez-vous
?"
Said,
"Pardon
me,
Mr.
Steam
Drill,
I
suppose
you
didn't
hear
me,
I
said,
how
are
you,
huh?"
Il
a
dit,
"Pardonnez-moi,
Madame
la
Foreuse
à
Vapeur,
je
suppose
que
vous
ne
m'avez
pas
entendu,
j'ai
dit,
comment
allez-vous,
hein
?"
"Can
you
hoist
a
jack?
Can
you
lay
a
track?
Can
you
pick
and
shovel
too,
huh?"
"Pouvez-vous
hisser
un
cric
? Pouvez-vous
poser
une
voie
ferrée
? Pouvez-vous
piocher
et
pelleter
aussi,
hein
?"
"Listen,
this
hammer
swingers
talkin'
to
you"
"Écoutez,
c'est
le
gars
au
marteau
qui
vous
parle"
2000
people
hollered
go
John
Henry
2000
personnes
ont
crié
"Allez
John
Henry"
Then
somebody
hollered,
"The
mountain's
caving
in"
Puis
quelqu'un
a
crié,
"La
montagne
s'effondre"
John
Henry
told
his
captain,
"Tell
the
kind
folks
don't
worry"
John
Henry
a
dit
à
son
contremaître,
"Dis
aux
braves
gens
de
ne
pas
s'inquiéter"
"That
ain't
nothin'
but
my
hammer
suckin'
wind,
it
keeps
me
breathing"
"Ce
n'est
rien
d'autre
que
mon
marteau
qui
aspire
le
vent,
ça
me
permet
de
respirer"
"The
steel
driver's
muscle
ain't
dead"
"Le
muscle
du
poseur
de
rails
n'est
pas
mort"
"Captain,
tell
the
people
move
back
further"
"Contremaître,
dis
aux
gens
de
reculer
encore
plus
loin"
"I'm
at
the
finish
line
and
ain't
no
drill"
"Je
suis
sur
la
ligne
d'arrivée
et
il
n'y
a
pas
de
foreuse"
"It's
so
far
behind,
but
yet
ain't
got
the
brains
to
quit
it"
"Elle
est
si
loin
derrière,
mais
elle
n'a
pas
l'intelligence
d'abandonner"
"When
she
blows
up
she'll
scatter
'cross
the
hills",
Lord
lordy
"Quand
elle
explosera,
elle
se
dispersera
dans
les
collines",
Seigneur
Dieu
"When
she
blows
up
she'll
scatter
'cross
the
hills"
"Quand
elle
explosera,
elle
se
dispersera
dans
les
collines"
Now
John
Henry
had
a
little
woman
John
Henry
avait
une
petite
femme
I
believe
the
lady's
name
was
Polly
Ann
Je
crois
que
la
dame
s'appelait
Polly
Ann
Yeah,
that
was
his
good
woman
Oui,
c'était
sa
bonne
femme
John
Henry
threw
his
hammer
over
his
shoulder
and
he
went
on
home
John
Henry
a
jeté
son
marteau
sur
son
épaule
et
il
est
rentré
chez
lui
Early
next
morning,
he
said
Tôt
le
lendemain
matin,
il
a
dit
"Come
here,
Polly
Ann"
"Viens
ici,
Polly
Ann"
"Come
here,
sugar"
"Viens
ici,
mon
sucre"
Said,
"You
know,
I've
been
layin'
here
watching
that
sun
come
up"
Il
a
dit,
"Tu
sais,
je
suis
resté
allongé
là
à
regarder
le
soleil
se
lever"
"And
I
believe
this
is
the
first
time
I've
seen
the
sun
come
up
that
I
couldn't
come
up
with
it"
"Et
je
crois
que
c'est
la
première
fois
que
je
vois
le
soleil
se
lever
sans
pouvoir
me
lever
avec
lui"
He
said...,
Lord
of
mine
Il
a
dit...,
Seigneur
He
said,
"Take
that
hammer,
Polly
Ann,
go
to
that
rail
road"
Il
a
dit,
"Prends
ce
marteau,
Polly
Ann,
va
à
ce
chemin
de
fer"
"And
when
you're
swingin'
with
the
lead
men,
you
tell
them
that
ain't
all
I
can
do,
tell
'em"
"Et
quand
tu
manieras
le
marteau
avec
les
hommes
de
tête,
dis-leur
que
ce
n'est
pas
tout
ce
que
je
peux
faire,
dis-le-leur"
"I
could
hoist
a
jack,
and
I
could
lay
a
track"
"Je
pouvais
hisser
un
cric,
et
je
pouvais
poser
une
voie
ferrée"
"I
could
pick
and
shovel
too,
ain't
no
machine
can"
"Je
pouvais
piocher
et
pelleter
aussi,
aucune
machine
ne
le
peut"
"That's
been
proved
to
you"
"Cela
vous
a
été
prouvé"
There
was
a
big
crowd
of
mourners
at
the
church
house
Il
y
avait
une
grande
foule
de
personnes
en
deuil
à
l'église
The
section
hands
laid
him
in
the
sand
Les
ouvriers
de
la
section
l'ont
déposé
dans
le
sable
Trains
go
by
on
the
rails
John
Henry
laid
Les
trains
passent
sur
les
rails
que
John
Henry
a
posés
They
slow
down
and
take
off
their
hats
when
they
come
to
where
he's
laying,
resting
his
back
Ils
ralentissent
et
enlèvent
leurs
chapeaux
lorsqu'ils
arrivent
à
l'endroit
où
il
repose,
le
dos
au
repos
They
say,
"Mornin',
steel
driver,
you
sure
was
a
hammer
swinger"
Ils
disent,
"Bonjour,
poseur
de
rails,
tu
étais
vraiment
un
cogneur
de
marteau"
Then
they
go
on
by,
pickin'
up
a
little
speed
Puis
ils
continuent
leur
chemin,
accélérant
un
peu
Clickety-clack
Clickety-clack
Yeah,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man,
Lord,
Lord
Oui,
là-bas
repose
un
poseur
de
rails,
Seigneur,
Seigneur
Yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man
Là-bas
repose
un
poseur
de
rails
Yeah,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man,
Lord,
Lord
Oui,
là-bas
repose
un
poseur
de
rails,
Seigneur,
Seigneur
Yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man
Là-bas
repose
un
poseur
de
rails
Oh,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
Oh,
là-bas
repose
un
poseur
de
rails
Thank
you
very
much
Merci
beaucoup
You
know,
John
Henry
was
a
real
man
Vous
savez,
John
Henry
était
un
homme
réel
He
worked
on
a
tunnel
up
in
West
Virginia
buildin'
a
tunnel
for
the
C
and
O
Railroad
Il
a
travaillé
sur
un
tunnel
en
Virginie-Occidentale,
construisant
un
tunnel
pour
le
chemin
de
fer
C
et
O
And
he
was
a
mighty
big
man,
they
say
that
from
his
heels
all
around
to
the
ground
he
had
a
stroke
of
19
feet
Et
c'était
un
homme
très
grand,
on
dit
que
de
ses
talons
jusqu'au
sol,
il
avait
une
enjambée
de
19
pieds
Boy,
that's
a
long
stroke,
you
know
Mon
garçon,
c'est
une
longue
enjambée,
vous
savez
Whoo,
that's
a
long
stroke
Whoo,
c'est
une
longue
enjambée
Hidey
ho,
make
you
wanna
holler
hidey
ho
Hidey
ho,
ça
donne
envie
de
crier
hidey
ho
Alright,
here's
a
song
that
Bon,
voici
une
chanson
qui
(You're
just
mean)
(Tu
es
juste
méchant)
I'm
not
mean
Je
ne
suis
pas
méchant
(Yes
you
are
mean)
(Si,
tu
es
méchant)
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The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
12
Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
13
Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968)
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Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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I Got Stripes - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Greystone Chapel (Reprise) - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
19
Hugh Cherry Introduces Johnny's Father and Closing Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Send a Picture of Mother - Folsom Rehearsal
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Give My Love to Rose - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Opening Announcements from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
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Closing Theme and Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Announcements and Johnny Cash Intro from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
25
Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Busted - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Dark as a Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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I Still Miss Someone - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Cocaine Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Orange Blossom Special - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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The Long Black Veil - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Send a Picture of Mother - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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The Wall - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
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I Got a Woman (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
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The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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June's Poem - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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Greystone Chapel - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
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I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Folsom Rehearsal
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