Classic Poem

Take this hammer
and carry it
to my captain:
Tell him I'm gone;
Tell him I'm gone;
Tell him I'm gone;
Take this hammer
and carry it
to my captain:
Tell him I'm gone;
Tell him I'm gone;
I'm sure he's gone.

This is the hammer
that killed
John Henry:
But it won't kill me;
But it won't kill me;
Well it won't kill me;
This is the hammer
that killed
John Henry:
But it won't kill me;
But it won't kill me;
Ain't gonna kill me.

It's a long ways
from east
Colorado:
And unto my home;
And unto my home;
And unto my home;
It's a long ways
to east
Colorado:
And unto my home;
And unto my home;
That's where I'm going.

John Henry
he left
his hammer:
Laying side the road;
Laying side the road;
Laying side the road.

John Henry
he left
his hammer:
All over in the rain;
All over in the rain;
That's where I'm going.

John Henry's
a steel
driving boy:
But he went down:
But he went down;
But he went down;
John Henry's
a steel
driving boy:
But he went down;
But he went down;
That's where I'm going.