Luyện nghe bài hát Legend Of John Henry

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

2. John Henry's could hammer,
He whistle, and he could sing.
He was up on that mountain every mornin'
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 and shovel too."
(Lead Break)

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

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

6. Well, every Monday morning around
the bluebirds begin to sing.
You can hear John a mile or more.
Just to his hammer ring, Lord, Lord.
Yeah, to his hammer ring.
(Lead Break)

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

8. the captain said 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,
I'll die this hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord.
John is a steel drivin' man."
(Lead Break)

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. John Henry in the mountain
his hammer was flashing fire.
The only words I him say was
"Get me a cool drink of water 'for I die, Yes
One big drink of water 'for I die.

17. The men that the steamdrill,
Thought it was mighty
John Henry in sixteen feet,
The steamdrill only nine,
The steamdrill only nine. One more time!

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

They say, "Yonder lies steel drivin' man, Oh Lord!
And he's burried with his 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.