Nine Pound Hammer

Nine pound hammer is just a little too heavy
For my size, baby for my size

Take this hammer show it to my captain
Tell him I'm gone, baby tell him I'm

If he asks you where I went to
Tell him you don't know, baby you don't know

Ain't no hammer in this mountain
Out rings mine, baby out rings mine

Take this hammer and throw it in the river
It rings right on, baby it rings right on

This is the hammer that killed John Henry
But it won't kill me, baby it won't kill me

This old hammer killed my buddy
It laid him low, it laid him low

Roll on buddy don't roll so slow
How can I roll when the wheels won't go

Roll on buddy for to make your time
I broke down and I can't make mine

This nine pound hammer just a little too heavy
For my size, baby for my size