Sittin’ on his daddy’s knee,
Said, “Big high tower on C. & O. road
Gonna be the death o’ me,
Gonna be the death o’ me.”
John Henry had a little girl,
Her name was Polly Ann.
John was on his bed so low,
She drove with his hammer like a man,
Drove with his hammer like a man.
[90] The music of this version is given in [Chapter XIV]. For the music of a version of John Hardy, see Campbell and Sharp, English Folk-Songs From The Southern Appalachians, p. 87. There is available also a very good phonograph version of John Henry.