Buster Brown - John Henry Lyrics
Yeah!Johnny told his old Captain'Man, a-when you go downtownBring me back the nine pounds hammer'I got to drive this steel on downI got to drive this steel on downYou see, Johnny's hammerHit the mighty boilerThe hammer caught on fireNow, the last word I heardThe poor boy say'I want a cool drink a-water 'fore I die''Yeah, a cool drink a-water 'fore I die'Yeah, Johnny's wifeShe heard that Johnny was deadAnd she couldn't have stayed in bedOh, now Monday mornin'Caught the eastbound trainShe said, I'm g'wine where my man fell dead'Yeah! I'm goin' where my man fell dead'('Look out!')(harmonica & instrumental)Woo-ha! Woo-ha! Woo!Woo! Woo!(Woo! Lord, have mercy, too)(Ease your mind)(Yeah!)Johnny's wife, she woreA brand new dress (say)And it was trimmed in blue(Pretty thing)Yeah, the last were the wordsSaid to him, oh Lord, now'Honey, I been good to you''Yeah, honey I been good to you'Well, they carried Little JohnTo the graveyard (boys, listen)They looked at him good and longNow, the last were the wordsIf you hear me, oh Lord'Oh my husband, he is dead and gone'That's what she saidShe said, 'My husband, he is dead and gone''Yeah, my husband he is dead and gone'Yeah, when John Henry was a babyYou could hold him in the paddles of your handWhen everytime they'd rock him, cried(They say 'He sho' gonna be a little man')('Yeah, he sho' gon' be a little man')Yeah, who gonna buy yo' pretty shoes then?And who gonna roll yo' cheek?FADES-She said, 'My daddy gonna buy my pretty lil'And John Henry gonna roll my cheekAnd John Henry gonna roll my cheek(That what it said)A-John Henry gonna roll my cheek.~
