{"id":6946,"date":"1998-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-02T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T13:29:06","slug":"john-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6946","title":{"rendered":"John Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/traingol.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"265\" alt=\"traingol.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Jhenry.mp3\">John Henry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">The legend of John Henry dates back to the early 1870s during the building of the Big Bend Tunnel through the West Virginia mountains by C &amp; O Railroad workers. To carve this tunnel, then the longest in the United States, men worked in pairs to drill holes for dynamite. One man used a large hammer to pound a huge drill, while another man screwed it into the rock.<\/p>\n<p>John Henry was renowned for his strength and skill in driving the steel drills into the solid rock. One day the captain brought a newly invented steam drill to the tunnel to test. Which was stronger, man or machine? John Henry, the strongest steel driver of them all, beat the steam drill, but according to the song, the effort killed him.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nA<br \/>\nWhen John Henry was a little baby,<br \/>\n                                            E7<br \/>\nJust a sittin&#039; on his mammy&#039;s knee,<br \/>\nA7                                              D7<br \/>\nSaid the Big Bend Tunnel on that C &amp; O Road<br \/>\nA<br \/>\nGonna be the death of me, Lord God<br \/>\n                          E7        A<br \/>\nGoing to be the death of me.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>Well John Henry said to the captain,<br \/>\nI&#039;m gonna take a little trip downtown<br \/>\nGet me a thirty pound hammer with that nine foot handle<br \/>\nI&#039;ll beat your steam drill down, Lord God<br \/>\nI&#039;ll beat your steam drill down<\/p>\n<p>Well John Henry hammered on that mountain<br \/>\nTill his hammer was striking fire<br \/>\nAnd the very last words that I heard that boy say was<br \/>\nCool drink of water &#039;for I die, Lord God<br \/>\nCool drink of water &#039;for I die<\/p>\n<p>Well they carried him down to the graveyard<br \/>\nAnd they buried him in the sand<br \/>\nAnd every locomotive came a roarin&#039; on by<br \/>\nThey cried out,  &#039;There lies a steel drivin&#039; man, Lord God<br \/>\nThere lies a steel drivin&#039; man.<\/p>\n<p>Well there&#039;s some say he came from Texas<br \/>\nThere&#039;s some say he came from Maine<br \/>\nWell  I don&#039;t give a damn where that poor boy was from<br \/>\nYou know that, he was a steel drivin&#039; man, Lord God<br \/>\nJohn Henry was a steel drivin&#039; man<\/p>\n<p>Well when John Henry was a little baby,<br \/>\nJust a sitting on his mammy&#039;s knee,<br \/>\nSaid the Big Bend Tunnel on that C &amp; O Road<br \/>\nGonna be the death of me, Lord God<br \/>\nGonna to be the death of me.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd 1998 McGuinn Music &#8211; Roger McGuinn\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: John Henry The legend of John Henry dates back to the early 1870s during the building of the Big Bend Tunnel through the West Virginia mountains by C &amp; O Railroad workers. 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