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

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

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

There was a man named Lee in Argenta
A little man 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 quit it, John Henry him dead on the floor

John threw Stacker Lee in the river
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 like lowdown ways"

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

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

From that day on Henry was a changed man
All he did was work all the time
Well he worked till the muscles in his body out
Then he kept right on a workin' in his
Don't do it 'cause a man ain't to work all the time

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

Well they allow that hard work killed Henry
I'm gonna that allowin' up to you
Well was he killed by hard or was he killed by bad women
Be sure that ain't happenin' to you
Quit working your day's work work is through

'Cause a man ain't supposed to all the time
And you know ain't just the way the things is
A stinger-ree is somethin' else you
Quit working when your your day's work is
God you