John Henry Hoyt Axton

When Jonathan Henry
He was a little biddy boy
Yeah, just a-sittin' on his mammy's knee
He said the big bend tunnel
C&O Road
It's gonna be the death of me Lord, Lord
It's gonna be the death of me
Oh yeah
I'm gonna drive

Yeah, John Henry had him a woman
Her name was Mary Magdalene
Now she went down where that poor boy would drive
To hear his cold hammer ring Lord, Lord
To hear John Henry's hammer ring
To hear it ring
Ring, ring
Yeah, while I drive

John Henry, he had another woman
Hеr name was Sally Anne
Johnny got drunk, had to go to bed
Sally drovе the steel like a man Lord, Lord
Sally drove the steel like a man
Just like John Henry
Almost, not quite, no, not hardly