John Henry Karaoke - Woody Guthrie

This title is a cover of John Henry as made famous by Woody Guthrie

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With backing vocals (with or without vocals in the KFN version)

Tempo: variable (around 129 BPM)

Song key: C

Duration: 03:41 - Preview at: 01:02

Release date: 1947
Genres: Country, Folk, In English
Original songwriter: Trad
Producer/Arranger: Woody Guthrie

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Lyrics John Henry

John Henry when he was a baby

Sittin' on his mammy's knee

Picked up a hammer in that little right hand

Said hammer'll be the death of me me me

Hammer'll be the death of me

Hammer'll be the death of me me me

Hammer'll be the death of me

Well there's some said he's born down in Texas

Some said he's born up in Maine

I just said he was a Louisiana man

Was a leader of a steel driving chain gang

Leader of a steel driving gang

Leader of a steel driving chain gang

Leader of a steel driving gang

Now the captain said to John Henry what did he say

I'm a gonna bring my steam drill 'round

Gonna bring my steam drill out on this job

Gonna whup that steel on down down down whup that steel on down

I'm gonna whup that steel on down down down

I'm gonna whup that steel on down

John Henry said to the captain what did he say

Bring your steam drill 'round you can bring your steam drill out on the job

I'm gonna beat your steam drill down down down beat your steam drill down

Gonna beat your steam drill down down down

Gonna beat your steam drill down

John Henry said to his shaker shaker you had better pray

If you miss your six foot of steel

Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day day day

Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day

Now the shaker said to John Henry

Well a man ain't nothin' but a man

I'm throwin' a hundred pounds from my hips on down

Doin' all that any man can can can

Doin' all that any man can

Doin' all that any man can can can

I'm a doin' all that any man can

John Henry had a little woman her name was Polly Anne

John Henry took sick and was laid up in bed

While Polly handled steel like a man man man

Polly handled steel like a man

Polly handled steel like a man man man

Polly handled steel like a man

They took John Henry to the graveyard

Laid him down in the sand

Every locomotive comin' and rollin' by by by

Hollered there lies a steel drivin' man man man

There lies a steel drivin' man

There lies a steel drivin' man man man

There lies a steel drivin' man

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John Henry Karaoke - Woody Guthrie

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