Her name was Julie Ann,
She walked through the lan’ with a hammer in her han’,
Sayin’, “I drive steel like a man, Lawd, Lawd.”
John Henry had a little woman,
Her name was Julie Ann;
John Henry took sick on his work one day,
An’ Julie Ann drove steel like a man, Lawd, Lawd.
John Henry had a pretty little boy,
Sittin’ in de palm of his han’;
He hugged an’ kissed him an’ bid him farewell,