Lyrics More About John Henry - Tom T. Hall
{The
Storytellers
and
I
were
doin'
a
show
down
in
Meridian,
Mississippi
And
these
friends
of
mine
came
up
And
brought
me
this
real
old
book
about
John
Henry
And
they
told
me
if
they
let
me
read
this
old
book
I'd
probably
write
a
song
about
it
And
they
did
and
I
did
and
I
called
it
'More
about
John
Henry'}
First
of
all
John
Henry
was
a
black
man
He
was
born
where
the
sun
don't
ever
shine
He
was
six
feet
tall
he
didn't
know
his
own
strength
But
he
did
not
swing
the
hammer
all
the
time
Of
course
he
didn't,
John
Henry
had
some
women
on
his
mind
There
was
a
woman
cross
the
street
named
Poor
Selma
Loved
John
Henry
like
a
natural
man
John
Henry
quit
Poor
Selma
just
like
he
was
quittin'
work
He
loved
that
stinger-ree
of
Julie
Anne
And
what
is
it
a
stinger-ree
is
somethin'
else
you
understand
There
was
a
man
named
Stacker
Lee
in
Argenta
A
little
man
with
a
big
44
You
know
he
shot
his
woman
down
and
took
a
shot
at
Poor
Selma
But
old
Stacker
won't
be
shootin'
anymore
He
had
to
quit
it,
John
Henry
laid
him
dead
on
the
floor
John
Henry
threw
Stacker
Lee
in
the
river
Then
he
said,
"I've
got
a
say
so
to
say"
He
broke
out
in
a
song
that
was
wrote
by
Blind
Leonard
He
said,
"Julie
Anne,
I'm
singing
my
say"
He
said,
"I
love
you
but
I
do
not
like
your
lowdown
ways"
Well
John
Henry
went
to
a
conjurin'
woman
Said,
"This
misery
ain't
no
way
to
live"
Somebody's
back
door
creeping
on
my
pretty
Julie
Anne
Conjure
woman
had
a
say
so
to
give
She
said,
"John
Henry",
she
said,
"That's
just
the
way
things
is"
Well
John
Henry
went
to
a
Hell
bustin'
man
Said,
"I'm
tormented
deep
in
my
soul"
Well
that
Hell
buster
prayed
John
Henry's
sins
away
And
they
tell
me
that
the
thunder
did
roll
Sweet
Jesus
what
a
frightenin'
sight
to
behold
From
that
day
on
John
Henry
was
a
changed
man
All
he
did
was
just
work
all
the
time
Well
he
worked
till
the
muscles
in
his
body
gave
out
Then
he
kept
right
on
a
workin'
in
his
mind
Don't
do
it
'cause
a
man
ain't
supposed
to
work
all
the
time
Julie
Anne
said,
"John
Henry
I
love
you"
Poor
Selma
said,
"John
Henry
you're
my
man"
Ruby
said,
"I'm
gonna
cook
ye
up
some
greens
and
some
lean
meat
With
corn
bread
in
a
four
foot
pan
with
lotsa
cracklins
But
John
Henry
was
a
different
kinda
man
Well
they
allow
that
hard
work
killed
John
Henry
I'm
gonna
leave
that
allowin'
up
to
you
Well
was
he
killed
by
hard
work
or
was
he
killed
by
bad
women
Be
sure
that
this
ain't
happenin'
to
you
Quit
working
when
your
day's
work
work
is
through
'Cause
a
man
ain't
supposed
to
work
all
the
time
And
you
know
that
ain't
just
the
way
the
things
is
A
stinger-ree
is
somethin'
else
you
understand
Quit
working
when
your
your
day's
work
is
through
God
bless
you
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5 Cloudy Day
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8 Shoeshine Man
9 A Week In a County Jail
10 I Miss A Lot Of Trains
11 Day Drinkin'
12 Salute To A Switchblade
13 Chattanooga Dog
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15 One Hundred Children
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17 I Can't Dance
18 The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
19 Tulsa Telephone Book
20 It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
21 Second Handed Flowers
22 Me And Jesus
23 The Monkey That Became President
24 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
25 More About John Henry
26 Ravishing Ruby
27 Spokane Motel Blues
28 Candy In the Window
29 Don't Forget the Coffee Billy Joe
30 Watergate Blues
31 I Love
32 Country Is
33 That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
34 Sneaky Snake
35 I Care
36 Deal
37 I Like Beer
38 Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
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42 Your Man Loves You Honey
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