Spike Driver Blues

John Henry was a steel drivin' man

Oh, he went down

Yes, he went down

John Henry, he had a little wife

Name was Polly Ann

Name was Polly Ann

John Henry took sick in his bed

She drove steel like a man

Drove steel like a man

I walked a lot a way from these colored railroads

Maybe that's my home

Honey, that's my home

You jus' take this hammer and carry it to my captain

Oh, tell him I'm gone

Won't you tell him I'm gone?

John Henry left his hammer layin' side the road

Layin' side the road

John Henry left his hammer all painted in red

All painted in red

You just take this hammer and carry it to my captain

Oh, tell him I'm gone

Won't you tell him I'm gone?