“Lawd, a man ain’t nothin’ but a man,

Befo’ I let a man beat me down

I’d die wid de hammer in my han’.”

John Henry said to his woman,

“Who gonna shoe yo’ little feet?

Who gonna kiss yo’ rosy cheeks?

Who gonna be yo’ man?

“Where you get them high top shoes,

That dress you wear so fine?”

“Got my shoes from a railroad man,