Luyện nghe bài hát Legend Of John Henry

1. When Henry was a little baby boy,
on his daddy's knee,
He up a hammer, and a cold piece of steel,
Said this hammer's be the death of me, Lord, Lord,
hammer's gonna be the death of me.

2. Henry's Daddy could hammer,
He could whistle, and he sing.
He was up on that mountain early every
Just to hear his ring, Lord, Lord,
Just to his hammer ring.

3. Young Henry found the Captain;
The asked, "What can you do?"
Said, "I can a jack, I can lay a track,
I can and shovel too, Lord, Lord,
I can pick and too."
(Lead Break)

4. John Henry's was a steel drivin' man
Over at that Big drive,
Where he drove so hard that he broke his heart,
Then laid down his and he died.
He down his hammer and he died.

5. John stood there on the mountain
At the tunnel his daddy died
John was so small, and that mountain was so tall,
He just leaned on his and he cried,
He leaned on his hammer and he cried.

6. Well, every Monday morning daylight
When the bluebirds to sing.
You can hear Henry a mile or more.
Just listen to his ring, Lord, Lord.
Yeah, listen to his ring.
(Lead Break)

7. John Henry was a big man, six two,
And four feet his chest.
He'd swing that nine-pound all day
And never get tired and to rest, Lord, Lord,
And get tired and want to rest.

8. Well the captain to John Henry,
Gonna bring me a steam 'round
put that steam drill out on the job
And show you how to lay in the ground, Lord, Lord
Show you how to lay in the ground.

9. Well, John Henry to the captain,
"Now a man nothin' but a man,
But before I'll let your drill win,
die with this hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord.
John is a steel drivin' man."
(Lead Break)

10. Henry said, "Mr. Captain,
Next you go to town,
Bring me a twelve-pound with a 40 inch handle,
And I'll beat steam drill down, Lord, Lord,
beat that steam drill down."

11. Henry said to his shaker,
"Now, Shaker, why don't you
I'm twenty pounds from my hips on down,
listen to the cold steel ring, ring, ring,
Just to the cold steel ring!"

12. Well the Captain said to Henry,
"Sounds this mountain's cavin' in."
John Henry to the Captain,
"That's just my hammer wind, Oh yeah,
That's just my suckin' wind."
(Lead Break)

13. Well, John said to the captain,
Looka yonder I see,
Hole done choke, and the drill broke,
And it drive steel like me, Lord, Lord
Can't drive steel me!

14. Well John Henry had a woman,
Her was Polly Ann.
When Shaker got sick, and laid out in his bed,
Polly'd hold steel like a man, oh Lord,
Polly'd hold steel like a man.

15. Henry had a little baby boy,
Held him up in the of his hands.
when I heard that little boy say,
"I'm gonna be a steel drivin' man, just Daddy.
I'm gonna be a steel man."
(Lead Break)

16. Henry hammered in the mountain
'Til his was flashing fire.
The words I heard him say was
"Get me a drink of water 'for I die, Yes Lord
One big drink of water 'for I die.

17. The men invented the steamdrill,
it was mighty fine;
John Henry in sixteen feet,
The steamdrill made nine,
The steamdrill only made nine. One time!

18. Well they took John to the graveyard,
And placed him 6 feet the sand.
Now every that train rolls by
They say, "Yonder lies steel drivin' man, Oh Lord!
Yonder lies steel drivin' man!"

say, "Yonder lies that steel drivin' man, Oh Lord!
And he's burried his hammer in his hand!"

John Henry was a former who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the years following the Civil War. He was one of a thousand or so men who spent nearly three years drilling a hole through Big Bend Mountain in Talcott, West Virginia. Many men died working in the thick smoke and intense heat of the tunnel.