Spike Driver (John Henry) (L.O.C. recordings) Mississippi John Hurt

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain
Won't you tell him I'm gone
Tell him I'm gone
Tell him I'm gone

John Henry was a steel-driving man
But he went down
He went down

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain
Tell him I'm gone
Tell him I'm gone
Tell him I'm gone

I walked all the way from East Colorado
Honey, that's my home
Honey, that's my home
That's why I'm gone

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain
Oh, tell him I'm gone
Won't you tell him I'm gone

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