Buster Brown - John Henry lyrics
rate meJohn Henry 2:34 Trk 2<br />
(trad.)<br />
Buster Brown (Wayman Glasco)<br />
Buster Brown - harmonica & vocal<br />
(background male vocalist unk)<br />
Fire Records 1960<br />
Album: Buster Brown New King of Blues<br />
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com<br />
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Yeah!<br />
Johnny told his old Captain<br />
'Man, a-when you go downtown <br />
Bring me back the nine pounds hammer'<br />
I got to drive this steel on down<br />
I got to drive this steel on down<br />
<br />
You see, Johnny's hammer<br />
Hit the mighty boiler<br />
The hammer caught on fire<br />
Now, the last word I heard<br />
The poor boy say<br />
'I want a cool drink a-water 'fore I die'<br />
'Yeah, a cool drink a-water 'fore I die'<br />
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Yeah, Johnny's wife<br />
She heard that Johnny was dead<br />
And she couldn't have stayed in bed <br />
Oh, now Monday mornin' <br />
Caught the eastbound train<br />
She said, I'm g'wine where my man fell dead<br />
'Yeah! I'm goin' where my man fell dead'<br />
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('Look out!')<br />
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(harmonica & instrumental)<br />
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Woo-ha! Woo-ha! Woo!<br />
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Woo! Woo! <br />
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(Woo! Lord, have mercy, too)<br />
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(Ease your mind)<br />
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(Yeah!)<br />
Johnny's wife, she wore<br />
A brand new dress (say)<br />
And it was trimmed in blue<br />
(Pretty thing)<br />
Yeah, the last were the words<br />
Said to him, oh Lord, now<br />
'Honey, I been good to you'<br />
'Yeah, honey I been good to you'<br />
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Well, they carried Little John<br />
To the graveyard (boys, listen)<br />
They looked at him good and long<br />
Now, the last were the words<br />
If you hear me, oh Lord<br />
'Oh my husband, he is dead and gone'<br />
That's what she said<br />
She said, 'My husband, he is dead and gone'<br />
'Yeah, my husband he is dead and gone'<br />
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Yeah, when John Henry was a baby<br />
You could hold him in the paddles of your hand<br />
When everytime they'd rock him, cried<br />
(They say 'He sho' gonna be a little man')<br />
('Yeah, he sho' gon' be a little man')<br />
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Yeah, who gonna buy yo' pretty shoes then?<br />
And who gonna roll yo' cheek?<br />
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FADES-<br />
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She said, 'My daddy gonna buy my pretty lil'<br />
And John Henry gonna roll my cheek <br />
And John Henry gonna roll my cheek<br />
(That what it said)<br />
A-John Henry gonna roll my cheek.<br />
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