paroles de chanson The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968 - Johnny Cash
John
Henry's
pappy
woke
him
up
one
midnight
He
said
before
the
sheriff
comes
I
wanna
tell
you
Said,
"Listen,
boy"
"Learn
to
hoist
a
jack
and
learn
to
lay
a
track"
"Learn
to
pick
and
shovel
too"
"And
take
that
hammer"
"It'll
do
anything
you
tell
it
to"
John
Henry's
mammy
had
about
a
dozen
babies
John
Henry's
pappy
broke
jail
a
dozen
times
The
babies
all
got
sick
and
when
the
doctor
wanted
money
He
said,
"I'll
pay
you
quarter
at
a
time,
startin'
tomorow"
That's
the
pay
for
a
steel
driver
on
this
line
Then
the
section
foreman
said,
"Hey,
hammer
swinger"
Said,
"I
see
you
brought
your
own
hammer,
boy,
but
what
else
can
all
them
muscles
do?"
And
he
said,
"I
can
hoist
a
jack
and
I
can
lay
a
track,
I
can
pick
and
shovel
too"
He
said,
"Can
you
swing
that
hammer?"
And
he
said,
"Do
anything
you
hire
me
to"
He
said,
"Now
ain't
you
something?"
"You
so
high
and
mighty
with
all
them
muscles"
"Go
ahead,
boy,
pick
up
that
hammer
and
show
me
what
you
can
do"
He
said,
"Get
a
rusty
spike
and
swing
that
hammer
down
three
times
"Pay
you
a
nickel
a
day
for
every
inch
you
sink
it
to"
"Go
on
and
do
what
you
say
you
can
do"
With
a
steep
nose
hammer
on
a
four
foot
switch
handle
John
Henry
raised
it
back
'til
it
touched
his
heels
The
spike
went
through
the
cross
tie
and
it
split
it
half
in
two
35
cents
a
day
for
drivin'
steel
Said,
"Sweat,
boy,
sweat,
you
owe
me
two
more
swings"
Said,
"I
was
born
for
drivin'
steel"
Well
now,
John
Henry
hammered
in
the
mountains
He'd
give
a
grunt
and
he'd
give
a
groan
with
every
swing
The
women
folks
for
miles
around,
heard
him
and
come
down
Said,
"Watch
him
make
the
cold
steel
ring,
Lord,
what
a
swinger"
"Watch
him
make
the
cold
steel
ring"
Then
the
bad
boss
come
up
laughing
at
John
Henry
He
said,
"You
full
of
vinegar
now,
but
you
'bout
through"
"We
gonna
get
a
steam
drill
to
do
your
share
of
drivin'"
"Then
what's
all
them
muscles
gonna
do?
Huh,
John
Henry?"
"Gonna
take
a
little
bit
of
vinegar
out
of
you"
John
Henry
said,
"I
feed
four
little
brothers"
"And
my
baby
sister's
walkin'
on
her
knees"
"Now
did
the
Lord
say
that
machines
oughta
take
the
place
of
the
living?"
"Then
what's
a
subsitute
for
bread
and
beans?
I
ain't
seen
it"
"Do
engines
get
rewarded
for
their
steam?"
The
John
Henry
said
to
his
captain
Said,
"A
man
ain't
nothin'
but
a
man"
"But
you
can
bring
that
steam
drill
'round
and
I'll
beat
it
fair
and
honest"
"I'll
die
with
that
hammer
in
my
hand,
but
I'll
be
laughing"
"'Cause
you
can't
replace
a
steel
drivin'
man"
There
was
a
big
crowd
of
people
at
the
mountain
John
Henry
said
to
the
steam
drill,
"How
is
you?"
Said,
"Pardon
me,
Mr.
Steam
Drill,
I
suppose
you
didn't
hear
me,
I
said,
how
are
you,
huh?"
"Can
you
hoist
a
jack?
Can
you
lay
a
track?
Can
you
pick
and
shovel
too,
huh?"
"Listen,
this
hammer
swingers
talkin'
to
you"
2000
people
hollered
go
John
Henry
Then
somebody
hollered,
"The
mountain's
caving
in"
John
Henry
told
his
captain,
"Tell
the
kind
folks
don't
worry"
"That
ain't
nothin'
but
my
hammer
suckin'
wind,
it
keeps
me
breathing"
"The
steel
driver's
muscle
ain't
dead"
"Captain,
tell
the
people
move
back
further"
"I'm
at
the
finish
line
and
ain't
no
drill"
"It's
so
far
behind,
but
yet
ain't
got
the
brains
to
quit
it"
"When
she
blows
up
she'll
scatter
'cross
the
hills",
Lord
lordy
"When
she
blows
up
she'll
scatter
'cross
the
hills"
Now
John
Henry
had
a
little
woman
I
believe
the
lady's
name
was
Polly
Ann
Yeah,
that
was
his
good
woman
John
Henry
threw
his
hammer
over
his
shoulder
and
he
went
on
home
Early
next
morning,
he
said
"Come
here,
Polly
Ann"
"Come
here,
sugar"
Said,
"You
know,
I've
been
layin'
here
watching
that
sun
come
up"
"And
I
believe
this
is
the
first
time
I've
seen
the
sun
come
up
that
I
couldn't
come
up
with
it"
He
said...,
Lord
of
mine
He
said,
"Take
that
hammer,
Polly
Ann,
go
to
that
rail
road"
"And
when
you're
swingin'
with
the
lead
men,
you
tell
them
that
ain't
all
I
can
do,
tell
'em"
"I
could
hoist
a
jack,
and
I
could
lay
a
track"
"I
could
pick
and
shovel
too,
ain't
no
machine
can"
"That's
been
proved
to
you"
There
was
a
big
crowd
of
mourners
at
the
church
house
The
section
hands
laid
him
in
the
sand
Trains
go
by
on
the
rails
John
Henry
laid
They
slow
down
and
take
off
their
hats
when
they
come
to
where
he's
laying,
resting
his
back
They
say,
"Mornin',
steel
driver,
you
sure
was
a
hammer
swinger"
Then
they
go
on
by,
pickin'
up
a
little
speed
Clickety-clack
Yeah,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man,
Lord,
Lord
Yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man
Yeah,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man,
Lord,
Lord
Yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
man
Oh,
yonder
lies
a
steel
drivin'
Thank
you
very
much
You
know,
John
Henry
was
a
real
man
He
worked
on
a
tunnel
up
in
West
Virginia
buildin'
a
tunnel
for
the
C
and
O
Railroad
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
Boy,
that's
a
long
stroke,
you
know
Whoo,
that's
a
long
stroke
Hidey
ho,
make
you
wanna
holler
hidey
ho
Alright,
here's
a
song
that
(You're
just
mean)
I'm
not
mean
(Yes
you
are
mean)
1 Opening Announcements from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
2 Announcements and Johnny Cash Intro from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
3 Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
4 Busted - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
5 Dark as a Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
6 I Still Miss Someone - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
7 Cocaine Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
8 25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
9 I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
10 Orange Blossom Special - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
11 The Long Black Veil - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
12 Send a Picture of Mother - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
13 The Wall - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
14 Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
15 Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
16 Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
17 Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
18 I Got a Woman (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
19 The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
20 June's Poem - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
21 Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
22 Greystone Chapel - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
23 Closing Theme and Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
24 Opening Announcements from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
25 You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
26 Announcements and Johnny Cash Intro from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
27 Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
28 Busted - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
29 Dark as a Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
30 Cocaine Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
31 25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
32 Orange Blossom Special - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
33 The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
34 Give My Love to Rose - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
35 Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
36 Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
37 Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
38 Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968)
39 Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
40 I Got Stripes - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
41 Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
42 Greystone Chapel (Reprise) - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
43 Hugh Cherry Introduces Johnny's Father and Closing Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
44 Send a Picture of Mother - Folsom Rehearsal
45 I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Folsom Rehearsal
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