9 Lb Hammer - Charley Crockett

This nine pound hammer

Just a bit too heavy

For my size

For my size

Take this hammer

Show it to the captain

Tell him I’m gone

Tell him I’m gone

If he should ask you

Where I went to

Tell him you don’t know

Tell him you don’t know

This nine pound hammer

Killed John Henry

It laid him low

It laid him low

This nine pound hammer

Killed my brother

But it won’t kill me

No, it won’t kill me

Roll on buddy

Don’t you roll too slow

How can I roll

When the wheels won’t go?

Roll on, brother

But take your time

For I’m broke down

And I can’t make mine

This nine pound hammer

Just a bit too heavy

For my size

For my size