Spike Drivers Blues

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 head 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 the road

Laying 'side the road

Laying 'side 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 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