Lyrics and translation Uncle Dave Macon - Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
People
out
West
heard
of
John
Henry's
death
Люди
на
Западе
услышали
о
смерти
Джона
Генри,
Couldn't
hardly
stay
in
bed
Едва
могли
усидеть
в
постели.
Monday
morning
on
the
East-bound
train
В
понедельник
утром
на
поезде,
идущем
на
восток,
Goin'
where
John
Henry
sits
dead,
oh
Lord
Едут
туда,
где
Джон
Генри
сидит
мертвый,
о
Господи,
Goin'
where
John
Henry
sits
dead
Едут
туда,
где
Джон
Генри
сидит
мертвый.
Carried
John
Henry
to
the
graveyard
Отнесли
Джона
Генри
на
кладбище,
They
looked
at
him
good
and
long
Долго
на
него
смотрели.
Very
last
words
his
wife
said
to
him
Самые
последние
слова,
которые
его
жена
сказала
ему:
"My
husband
he
is
dead
and
gone,
oh
Lord
"Мой
муж
мертв
и
ушел,
о
Господи,
My
husband
he
is
dead
and
gone"
Мой
муж
мертв
и
ушел."
John
Henry's
wife
wore
a
brand
new
dress
Жена
Джона
Генри
надела
новое
платье,
It
was
all
trimmed
in
blue
Оно
было
все
отделано
синим.
Very
last
words
he
said
to
her
Самые
последние
слова,
которые
он
сказал
ей:
"Honey,
I've
been
good
to
you,
good
Lord
"Дорогая,
я
был
к
тебе
добр,
Господи,
Honey,
I've
been
good
to
you"
Дорогая,
я
был
к
тебе
добр."
You
talk
about
John
Henry
as
much
as
you
please
Говори
о
Джоне
Генри
сколько
тебе
угодно,
Say
and
do
all
you
can
Говори
и
делай
все,
что
можешь.
There
never
was
born
in
this
United
States
В
этих
Соединенных
Штатах
никогда
не
рождался
Another
such
a
steel-driving
man,
good
Lord
Другой
такой
забивающий
сталь
человек,
Господи,
Another
such
a
steel-driving
man
Другой
такой
забивающий
сталь
человек.
John
Henry
hammered
in
the
mountain
Джон
Генри
бил
молотом
в
горе,
'Til
his
hammer
caught
on
fire
Пока
его
молот
не
загорелся.
Very
last
words
I
heard
him
say
Самые
последние
слова,
которые
я
слышал
от
него:
"Cool
drink
of
water
'fore
I
die,
oh
Lord
"Глоток
холодной
воды,
прежде
чем
я
умру,
о
Господи,
Cool
drink
of
water
'fore
I
die"
Глоток
холодной
воды,
прежде
чем
я
умру."
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1
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
2 Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line
3 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is For Texas)
4 Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
5 Keep On The Sunny Side
6 When the Cactus Is In Bloom
7 Frankie and Johnnie
8 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now
9 Waiting for a Train
10 Any Old Time
11 Why There's A Tear In My Eye
12 My Blue-Eyed Jane
13 In the Jailhouse Now No. 2
14 In the Hills of Tennessee
15 T.B. Blues
16 Away Out On the Mountain
17 Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea
18 Miss the Mississippi and You
19 I'm Lonely and Blue
20 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
21 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
22 Gambling Bar Room Blues
23 My Little Lady
24 Jimmie the Kid
25 Yodeling Cowboy
26 My Rough and Rowdy Ways
27 Ben Dewberry's Final Run
28 My Mama Always Talked to Me
29 Chevrolet Car
30 Sweet Sixteen
31 Black-Eyed Susie
32 I Am Bound for the Promised Land
33 Dark Hollow Blues
34 The Wagoner's Lad
2 Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line
3 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is For Texas)
4 Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
5 Keep On The Sunny Side
6 When the Cactus Is In Bloom
7 Frankie and Johnnie
8 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now
9 Waiting for a Train
10 Any Old Time
11 Why There's A Tear In My Eye
12 My Blue-Eyed Jane
13 In the Jailhouse Now No. 2
14 In the Hills of Tennessee
15 T.B. Blues
16 Away Out On the Mountain
17 Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea
18 Miss the Mississippi and You
19 I'm Lonely and Blue
20 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
21 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
22 Gambling Bar Room Blues
23 My Little Lady
24 Jimmie the Kid
25 Yodeling Cowboy
26 My Rough and Rowdy Ways
27 Ben Dewberry's Final Run
28 My Mama Always Talked to Me
29 Chevrolet Car
30 Sweet Sixteen
31 Black-Eyed Susie
32 I Am Bound for the Promised Land
33 Dark Hollow Blues
34 The Wagoner's Lad
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