The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer歌词

[00:00.000] 作词 : Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash
[00:18.48]John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
[00:22.82]He said Fore the sheriff comes
[00:24.94]I wanna tell you listen boy
[00:27.87]Said Learn to ball a jack
[00:30.65]Learn to lay a track
[00:32.65]Learn to pick
[00:33.95]And shovel too
[00:35.53]And take my hammer
[00:37.07]It'll do anything you tell it to
[00:41.43]John Henry's mammy had
[00:43.36]About a dozen babies
[00:46.29]John Henry's pappy broke jail
[00:48.37]About a dozen times
[00:51.63]The babies all got sick
[00:53.59]And when the doctor wanted money
[00:56.51]He said I'll pay you a quarter
[00:58.73]At a time startin' tomorrow
[01:01.33]That's the pay for a steel driver
[01:03.58]On this line
[01:05.96]Then the section foreman
[01:07.43]Said Hey hammer swinger
[01:10.62]I see you brought your own hammer boy
[01:12.37]But what else can all those muscles do
[01:14.59]And he said
[01:15.79]I can turn a jack
[01:17.99]I can lay a track
[01:19.74]I can pick and shovel too
[01:22.86]Can you swing a hammer boy
[01:24.42]Yes sir I'll do anything you hire me to
[01:35.77]Now ain't you somethin'
[01:37.88]So high and mighty wif your muscles
[01:41.30]Just go ahead boy and pick up that hammer
[01:43.81]Pick up the hammer
[01:45.63]He said Get a rusty spike
[01:47.63]And swing it down three times
[01:50.28]I'll pay you a nickel a day
[01:52.01]For every inch you sink it to
[01:54.68]Go on and do what you say you can do
[01:58.82]With a steep nose hammer
[02:00.23]On a four foot switch handle
[02:03.10]John Henry raised it back 'til
[02:04.70]It touched his heels then
[02:07.76]The spike went through the cross tie
[02:09.62]And it split it half in two
[02:12.30]Thirty-five cents a day for drivin' steel
[02:15.04]Sweat sweat boy
[02:17.07]Sweat you owe me two more swings
[02:19.42]I was born for driven steel
[02:28.15]Well John Henry hammered in the mountain
[02:32.17]He'd give a grunt he'd give a groan
[02:34.11]With every swing
[02:36.74]The women folks for miles around heard him
[02:39.97]And come down
[02:41.31]To watch him make the cold steel ring Lord
[02:44.26]What a swinger
[02:45.72]Just listen to that cold steel ring
[02:53.04]But the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry
[02:57.19]Said You full of vinegar now
[02:59.12]But you about through
[03:01.95]We gonna get a steam drill to do
[03:04.55]Your share of drivin'
[03:06.31]Then what's all them muscles gonna do
[03:09.17]Huh John Henry
[03:10.75]Gonna take a little bit of vinegar
[03:12.50]Out of you
[03:14.55]John Henry said I feed four little brothers
[03:18.93]And baby sister's walkin' on her knees
[03:23.80]Did the Lord say that
[03:26.07]Machines oughtta take the place of livin'
[03:31.07]And what's a substitute for bread and beans
[03:35.15]I ain't seen it
[03:37.05]Do engines get rewarded for their steam
[03:54.45]John Henry hid in a coal mine
[03:56.12]For his dinner nap
[03:58.86]Had thirty minutes to rest before the bell
[04:03.03]The mine boss hollered Get up
[04:05.40]Whoever you are and get a pick axe
[04:07.64]Give me enough coal to start another hell
[04:10.06]And keep it burnin'
[04:11.76]Mine me enough to start another hell
[04:15.74]John Henry said to his captain
[04:20.18]A man ain't nothin' but a man
[04:24.08]But if you'll bring that steam drill round
[04:26.54]I'll beat it fair and honest
[04:28.76]I'll die with my hammer in my hand
[04:31.70]But I'll be laughin'
[04:32.97]'Cuz you can't replace a steel drivin' man
[04:37.24]There was a big crowd of people
[04:39.36]At the mountain
[04:41.58]John Henry said to the steam drill
[04:43.73]How is you
[04:45.81]Pardon me mister steam drill
[04:47.21]I suppose you didn't hear me
[04:48.21]I said How're you
[04:50.98]Well can you turn a jack can you lay a track
[04:56.40]Can you pick and shovel too
[05:00.48]Listen this hammer swinger's talkin' to you
[05:27.75]Two thousand people hollered Go John Henry
[05:31.75]Then somebody hollered The mountain's caving in
[05:35.81]John Henry told the captain
[05:37.84]Tell the kind folks don't worry
[05:39.79]That ain't nothin'
[05:40.27]But my hammer suckin' wind it
[05:42.38]Keeps me breathin'
[05:44.05]A steel driver's muscle I intend
[05:52.43]Captain tell the people move back further
[05:56.15]I'm at the finish line
[05:57.55]And there ain't no drill
[06:00.20]It's so far behind
[06:01.58]But yet ain't got the brains to quit it
[06:04.41]When she blows up
[06:05.35]She'll scatter 'cross the hills Lord lordy
[06:08.36]When she blows up
[06:09.07]She'll scatter 'cross the hills
[06:23.06]Well John Henry had a little woman
[06:27.16]I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann
[06:31.58]Yeah that was his good woman
[06:33.46]John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder
[06:35.56]And went on home
[06:37.48]He laid down to rest his weary back
[06:39.48]And early next mornin'
[06:40.45]He said Come here Polly Ann come here sugar
[06:44.83]Ya know I believe this is the first time
[06:46.70]I ever watched
[06:47.56]The sun come up that I couldn't come up
[06:50.41]Take my hammer Polly Ann
[06:51.62]And go to that railroad
[06:53.33]Swing that hammer like you seen me do it
[06:55.74]And when you're swingin' with the lead man
[06:57.69]They'll all know
[06:58.99]They'll all know you're John Henry's woman
[07:01.40]But but tell them ain't all you can do
[07:03.15]Tell 'em I can hoist a jack
[07:06.44]And I can lay a track
[07:08.79]I can pick
[07:09.84]And shovel too ain't no machine can
[07:14.26]That's been proved to you
[07:26.68]There was a big crowd of mourners
[07:28.75]At the church house
[07:31.44]The section hands laid him in the sand
[07:35.93]Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
[07:41.23]They slow down
[07:42.68]And take off their hats the men do
[07:44.12]When they come to the place
[07:45.37]Where John Henry's layin'
[07:46.52]Restin' his back some of 'em
[07:48.53]Say Mornin' steel driver
[07:51.42]You sure was a hammer swinger
[07:53.77]Then they go on by pickin' up
[07:54.86]A little speed
[07:55.39]Clickity clack
[07:56.77]Clickity clack
[07:57.12]Clickity clack
[07:58.45]Clickity clack
[07:59.68]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
[08:04.07]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[08:07.94]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
[08:12.12]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
[08:16.27]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man oh Lord
[08:19.80]Yonder lies a steel drivin' man