Luyện nghe bài hát More About John Henry

{The and I were doin' a show down in Meridian, Mississippi
And these of mine came up
And me this real old book about John Henry
And they me if they let me read this old book
I'd probably write a about it
And they did and I did and I called it 'More about John

First of all John was a black man
He was where the sun don't ever shine
He was six feet tall he know his own strength
But he did not swing the hammer all the
Of course he didn't, John Henry had women on his mind

There was a woman cross the street Poor Selma
Loved John like a natural man
John Henry quit Poor Selma just he was quittin' work
He loved that stinger-ree of Julie
And what is it a stinger-ree is somethin' else you

was a man named Stacker Lee in Argenta
A man with a big 44
You know he shot his down and took a shot at Poor Selma
But old Stacker won't be anymore
He had to it, John Henry laid him dead on the floor

John Henry threw Stacker Lee in the
he said, "I've got a say so to say"
He broke out in a song that was wrote by Leonard
He said, "Julie Anne, I'm my say"
He said, "I love you but I do not your lowdown ways"

Well John Henry to a conjurin' woman
Said, "This ain't no way to live"
Somebody's back door creeping on my pretty Anne
Conjure woman had a say so to
She said, "John Henry", she said, "That's just the way is"

Well John Henry went to a bustin' man
Said, "I'm tormented in my soul"
Well that Hell buster prayed John sins away
And they tell me that the did roll
Sweet Jesus what a frightenin' sight to

From that day on John Henry was a man
All he did was just work all the
Well he worked the muscles in his body gave out
Then he kept right on a in his mind
Don't do it 'cause a man ain't supposed to work all the

Julie Anne said, "John Henry I you"
Poor Selma said, "John Henry my man"
Ruby said, "I'm gonna cook ye up greens and some lean meat
With corn bread in a four foot pan with lotsa
But Henry was a different kinda man

Well they allow hard work killed John Henry
I'm gonna leave that up to you
Well was he killed by hard work or was he killed by bad
Be sure that this happenin' to you
Quit when your day's work work is through

a man ain't supposed to work all the time
And you know that ain't just the way the is
A is somethin' else you understand
Quit working when your your day's is through
God you