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John Henry said to his captain, "A man ain´t nothing but a man.
And before I let your steam drill beat me down
Die with a hammer in my hand."
When John Henry was a little boy he sit down his father´s knee,
He pointed his hand at a piece of steel,
Said, "That gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord, Lord!
That gonna be the death of me."
John Henry hammered in the mountain ´til the head of his hammer catched afire.
Cryin´ "Pick ´em up boys and let ´em down again,
One cool drink of water ´fore I die, die,
One cool drink of water ´fore I die."
(Traditional)
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