Spied that steel-drivin’ man.
John Henry’s wife settin’ on do’-step cryin’,
Say, “Where po’ John Henry gone?”
John Henry’s wife settin’ on do’-step cryin’,
Say, “Where po’ John Henry gone?”
John Henry’s wife said to his chillun,
“Little chillun, don’t you worry none,
’Cause mama goin’ down to steel-drivin’ place
Where po’ daddy done gone.”
Children come runnin’ and cryin’,