The Death of John Henry letra

Listen in every heart there burns a flame
For the love of glory or the dread of shame
But oh how happy we would be if we understood
There's no safety but in doing good

People out west heard of John Henry's death
Couldn't hardly stay in bed
Monday morning on the east bound train
Going where John Henry's dead
Going where John Henry's dead

They carried John Henry to the graveyard
They looked at him good and long
The very last words his wife said to him
My husband he's dead and gone
My husband he's dead and gone

John Henry's wife wore a brand new dress
It was all trimmed in blue
The very last words she said to him
Honey I been good to you
Honey I been good to you

John Henry told the Shaker
Lord shake while I sing
Pulling a hammer from my shoulder
Bound to hear her when she rings
Bound to hear her when she rings

John Henry told his captain
I am a Tennessee man
Before I would see that steam drill beat me down
Die with a hammer in my hand
Die with a hammer in my hand

John Henry hammered in the mountain
Till the hammer caught on fire
Very last words I heard him say
Cool drink of water before I die
Cool drink of water before I die

Ralph Stanley - Letras

• Calling You
• Distant Land To Roam
• Down Where the River Bends
• East Virginia Blues
• Engine 143
• False Hearted Lover's Blues
• God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
• Heaven's Bright Shore
• Hemlocks and Primroses
• Henry Lee
• I Will Wait For You
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
• It's Raining Here This Morning
• Keep On The Firing Line
• Lift Him Up, That's All
• Little Moses
• Longing For Home
• Look On and Cry
• Maple On The Hill
• Matterhorn
• Me and God
• Medicine Springs
• Miner's Prayer
• Motherless Children
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
• O Death
• Old Ship of Zion
• On A Hill Lone And Grey
• Orange Blossom Special
• Poor Orphan Child
• Pretty Polly
• Riding The Midnight Train
• Sharecropper's Son
• Storms Are On The Ocean
• The Death of John Henry
• The Window up Above
• Think Of What You've Done
• Twelve Gates to the City
• Waves On The Sea
• Worried Man Blues