Johnny Cash - The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968 paroles de chanson

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)



Writer(s): Johnny Cash, June Carter


Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
Album At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
date de sortie
02-05-1968

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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