Fightin' Words - Nine Pound Hammer

This nine pound hammer

Is a little too heavy

For my size

Buddy, for my size

I’m going on the mountain

Just to see my baby

And I ain’t coming back

No, I ain’t coming back

Roll on buddy

Don’t you roll so slow

How can I roll

When the wheels won’t go

Roll on buddy

Pull a load of coal

How can I pull

When the wheels don’t roll

There ain’t one hammer

Down in this tunnel

That can ring like mine

That can ring like mine

This old hammer

It killed John Henry

Ain’t gonna kill me

Ain’t gonna kill me

Rings like silver

Shines like gold

Rings like silver

Shines like gold

Roll on buddy

Don’t you roll so slow

How can I roll

When the wheels won’t go

Roll on buddy

Pull a load of coal

How can I pull

When the wheels don’t roll

It’s a long way to Harlan

It’s a long way to Hazard

Just to get a little brew

Just to get a little brew

And when I’m long gone

You can make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal

Out of number nine coal

Roll on buddy

Don’t you roll so slow

How can I roll

When the wheels won’t go

Roll on buddy

Pull a load of coal

How can I pull

When the wheels won’t roll