Uncle Dave Macon - Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man) Lyrics

Lyrics Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man) - Uncle Dave Macon



People out West heard of John Henry's death
Couldn't hardly stay in bed
Monday morning on the East-bound train
Goin' where John Henry sits dead, oh Lord
Goin' where John Henry sits dead
Carried John Henry to the graveyard
They looked at him good and long
Very last words his wife said to him
"My husband he is dead and gone, oh Lord
My husband he is dead and gone"
John Henry's wife wore a brand new dress
It was all trimmed in blue
Very last words he said to her
"Honey, I've been good to you, good Lord
Honey, I've been good to you"
You talk about John Henry as much as you please
Say and do all you can
There never was born in this United States
Another such a steel-driving man, good Lord
Another such a steel-driving man
John Henry hammered in the mountain
'Til his hammer caught on fire
Very last words I heard him say
"Cool drink of water 'fore I die, oh Lord
Cool drink of water 'fore I die"



Writer(s): Traditional


Uncle Dave Macon - Rough Guide To Jimmie Rodgers
Album Rough Guide To Jimmie Rodgers
date of release
30-07-2013

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2 Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line
3 Frankie and Johnnie
4 Waiting for a Train
5 Any Old Time
6 Why There's A Tear In My Eye
7 My Blue-Eyed Jane
8 In the Jailhouse Now No. 2
9 In the Hills of Tennessee
10 T.B. Blues
11 Away Out On the Mountain
12 Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea
13 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is For Texas)
14 Miss the Mississippi and You
15 Ben Dewberry's Final Run
16 I'm Lonely and Blue
17 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
18 When the Cactus Is In Bloom
19 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
20 Gambling Bar Room Blues
21 My Little Lady
22 Jimmie the Kid
23 Yodeling Cowboy
24 My Rough and Rowdy Ways
25 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now
26 Keep On The Sunny Side
27 I Am Bound for the Promised Land
28 Black-Eyed Susie
29 Chevrolet Car
30 Sweet Sixteen
31 The Wagoner's Lad
32 Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
33 My Mama Always Talked to Me
34 Dark Hollow Blues




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