“Man ain’t nothin’ but a man.
Befo’ I work from sun to sun
I’d die wid de hammer in my han’.”
John Henry was a steel-drivin’ man,
Carried hammer all time in his han’;
Befo’ he let you beat him down
He’d die wid de hammer in his han’.
John Henry had a little girl,
Name was Polly Ann.
John Henry was on his dyin’ bed, O Lawd,