Luyện nghe bài hát John Henry

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

You see, Johnny's
Hit the mighty
The hammer caught on
Now, the last word I
The boy say
'I want a cool drink a-water 'fore I
'Yeah, a drink a-water 'fore I die'

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

('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 the words
to him, oh Lord, now
'Honey, I good to you'
'Yeah, I been good to you'

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

Yeah, when John Henry was a
You hold him in the paddles of your hand
everytime they'd rock him, cried
(They say 'He sho' gonna be a man')
('Yeah, he sho' gon' be a man')

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

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

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