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John Henry Trk 2
(trad.)
Brown (Wayman Glasco)
Buster - harmonica & vocal
(background vocalist unk)
Fire 1960
Album: Buster Brown New King of
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Yeah!
Johnny his old Captain
'Man, a-when you go
me back the nine pounds hammer'
I got to drive this on down
I got to drive steel on down

You see, Johnny's
Hit the boiler
The hammer on fire
Now, the last I heard
The boy say
'I want a drink a-water 'fore I die'
'Yeah, a drink a-water 'fore I die'

Yeah, Johnny's
She that Johnny was dead
And she have stayed in bed
Oh, now Monday
Caught the eastbound
She said, I'm g'wine where my man dead
'Yeah! I'm goin' where my man fell

('Look out!')

(harmonica & instrumental)

Woo-ha! Woo-ha! Woo!

Woo! Woo!

(Woo! Lord, mercy, too)

(Ease mind)

(Yeah!)
Johnny's wife, she
A brand new (say)
And it was trimmed in
(Pretty thing)
Yeah, the last were the
to him, oh Lord, now
'Honey, I been to you'
'Yeah, honey I good to you'

Well, they Little John
To the (boys, listen)
They at him good and long
Now, the were the words
If you me, oh Lord
'Oh my husband, he is and gone'
That's she said
She said, 'My husband, he is and gone'
'Yeah, my he is dead and gone'

Yeah, when John was a baby
You could hold him in the paddles of hand
When everytime rock him, cried
(They say 'He gonna be a little man')
('Yeah, he gon' be a little man')

Yeah, who gonna buy yo' pretty then?
And who gonna roll yo'

She said, 'My daddy buy my pretty lil'
And John Henry roll my cheek
And Henry gonna roll my cheek
(That it said)
A-John Henry gonna my cheek.

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