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lirik lagu merle travis - john henry (live)

[intro stage banter: (red foley), merle travis]
(merle, i’m sure glad you didn’t wait too long to come back to this part of the country, ol’ buddy)
heh, well red, everybody was so good to me here at the grand ole opry, and up at my hometown in drakesboro, kentucky, i just had to come back
(yeah, i heard that the mayor in drakesboro, tur~turned over the key to the city to you; is that right?)
yeah, he did, red
(yeah, well, what’s on the docket for tonight, huh?)
well, i thought i’d try to thrash out a couple of l!cks of “john henry,” if that’s alright with you
(that’s a good ‘un, buddy, let’s thrash it out)
alright

[verse]
when john henry was just a little bitty boy
sittin’ on his mammy’s knee
picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel, and said
this hammer gonna be the death of me
this hammer gonna be the death, lord, of me

[verse]
when john henry was just a little bitty boy
no bigger than the palm of your hand
his mammy, she looked down at johnny, and she said
my johnny gonna be a steel~drivin’ man, lord, lord
johnny gonna be a steel~drivin’ man

[stage banter]
i love these nashville folks, heh~heh~heh
[verse]
now, john henry said to the shaker
said, now, shaker, why don’t you pray
if my hammer ever misses this little piece of steel
said, tomorrow be your buryin’ day
tomorrow be your buryin’ day

[verse]
then they buried john henry by the graveyard
and they laid him way down in the sand
and every time a freight train come a~puffin’ by
they say, now, yonder lays a steel~drivin’ man, lord, lord
yonder lays a steel~drivin’ man

- lirik lagu merle travis

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