Spike Drivers Blues - Laura Veirs

This is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won’t kill me

No it won’t kill me

No it won’t kill me

Take this hammer and hand to a captain

And tell him I’m gone

Won’t you tell him I’m gone

Won’t you tell him I’m gone

John Henry he left his hammer

Laying side of the road

Laying side of the road

Laying side of the road

John Henry he left his hammer

All painted in red

All painted in red

All painted in red

John Henry he left his hammer

Laying side of the road

Won’t you tell him I’m gone

Won’t you tell him I’m gone

John Henry he left his hammer

All painted in red

All painted in red

All painted in red