歌曲 | The Legend of John Henry's Hammer [#/*] |
歌手 | Johnny Cash |
专辑 | At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition) |
[00:00.00] | 作词 : Carter, Cash, Cash |
[00:19.14] | John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight |
[00:22.71] | He said, "'Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you" |
[00:26.53] | Said "listen boy |
[00:27.82] | Learn to hoist a jack, and learn to lay a track |
[00:31.61] | Learn to pick and shovel too and take that hammer |
[00:35.78] | It'll do anything you tell it to" |
[00:39.30] | John Henry's mammy had about a dozen babies |
[00:43.33] | John Henry's pappy broke jail a dozen times |
[00:47.72] | The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money |
[00:51.79] | He said, "I'll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow |
[00:55.76] | That's the pay for a steel driver on this line" |
[00:59.63] | Then the section foreman said, "Hey, hammer swinger |
[01:03.70] | Said "I see you brought your own hammer boy |
[01:05.06] | But what else can all those muscles do" and he said, |
[01:08.39] | "I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track |
[01:12.32] | I can pick and shovel too" |
[01:15.33] | He said "Can you swing a hammer?" |
[01:16.56] | He said "I'll do anything, you hire me to" |
[01:24.94] | He said "now ain't you somethin' |
[01:26.85] | You're so high and mighty with your muscles |
[01:29.15] | Go ahead, boy and pick up that hammer show me what you can do" |
[01:32.98] | He said, "Get a rusty spike and swing a hammer down three times |
[01:37.64] | I'll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to |
[01:41.30] | Go on and do what you say you can do" |
[01:45.00] | With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle |
[01:49.00] | John Henry raised it back 'til it touched his heels then |
[01:53.38] | The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two |
[01:57.48] | Thirty-five cents a day for drivin' steel |
[02:00.48] | He said "Sweat, sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings" |
[02:03.12] | He Said"I was born for driven steel" |
[02:09.88] | Well now John Henry hammered in the mountains |
[02:13.67] | He'd give a grunt, he'd give a groan with every swing |
[02:17.65] | The women folks for miles around heard him and come down |
[02:21.78] | To watch him make the cold steel ring, "Lord what a swinger |
[02:26.10] | What you made the cold steel ring" |
[02:31.68] | Then the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry |
[02:35.45] | he said, "You full of vinegar now, but you about through |
[02:39.72] | We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin' |
[02:43.76] | Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? |
[02:47.57] | Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you" |
[02:51.34] | John Henry said, "I feed four little brothers |
[02:55.22] | And my baby sister's walkin' on her knees |
[02:59.62] | Now did the Lord say that machines |
[03:02.37] | Oughtta take the place of livin'? |
[03:05.62] | Then what's a substitute for bread and beans? I ain't seen it |
[03:11.41] | Do engines get rewarded for their steam?" |
[03:18.52] | And John Henry said to his captain, |
[03:22.10] | Said " A man ain't nothin' but a man |
[03:25.89] | But you can bring that steam drill round, |
[03:28.15] | And I'll beat it fair and honest |
[03:30.50] | I'll die with that hammer in my hand but I'll be laughin' |
[03:34.24] | But you can't replace a steel drivin' man" |
[03:37.71] | There was a big crowd of people at the mountain |
[03:41.82] | John Henry said to the steam drill, "How is you?" |
[03:45.53] | Said "Pardon me mister steam drill, I suppose you didn't hear me" |
[03:48.09] | I said, "How're you?" |
[03:50.01] | Can you hoist a jack, can you lay a track |
[03:53.66] | Can you pick and shovel too?" |
[03:57.14] | Listen, this hammer swinger's talkin' to you |
[04:22.35] | Two thousand people hollered, "Go, John Henry" |
[04:25.51] | Then somebody hollered, "The mountain's caving in" |
[04:28.81] | John Henry told the captain, "Tell the kind folks don't worry |
[04:32.17] | That ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, |
[04:34.68] | It keeps me breathin' |
[04:35.90] | The steel driver's muscle I intend" |
[04:42.84] | Captain, tell the people, move back further |
[04:46.01] | I'm at the finish line and there ain't no drill |
[04:49.40] | It's so far behind but yet ain't got the brains to quit it |
[04:52.77] | When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills, Lord lordy |
[04:56.26] | When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills |
[05:02.51] | Now John Henry had a little woman |
[05:06.51] | I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann |
[05:10.10] | Yeah that was his good woman |
[05:11.72] | John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder |
[05:13.51] | And he went on home, early next morning |
[05:15.39] | He said, "Come here Polly Ann, come here sugar |
[05:18.50] | Said "You know, I've laying here watch the sun come up |
[05:21.48] | And I believe this is the first time |
[05:22.54] | I've seen The sun come up that I couldn't come up with it" |
[05:26.27] | He said "Take that hammer, Polly Ann and go to that railroad |
[05:32.50] | When he's swing at the laying man |
[05:33.85] | You tell'em like I'm laying like I do, you tell'em |
[05:36.14] | "I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track |
[05:39.65] | I can pick and shovel too, ain't no machine can |
[05:44.23] | That's been proved to you" |
[05:48.59] | There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house |
[05:53.07] | The section hands laid him in the sand |
[05:57.16] | Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid |
[06:01.48] | They slow down and take off their hats |
[06:02.97] | When they come to hoist land |
[06:04.43] | Restin' his back, they said, |
[06:06.78] | "Mornin', steel driver you sure was a hammer swinger" |
[06:10.42] | Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed |
[06:12.70] | Clickity clack |
[06:14.72] | Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord |
[06:18.36] | Yonder lies a steel drivin' man |
[06:23.35] | Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, lord, Lord |
[06:27.14] | Yonder lies a steel drivin' man |
[06:30.43] | Oh Yonder lies a steel... |
[00:00.00] | zuò cí : Carter, Cash, Cash |
[00:19.14] | John Henry' s pappy woke him up one midnight |
[00:22.71] | He said, "' Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you" |
[00:26.53] | Said " listen boy |
[00:27.82] | Learn to hoist a jack, and learn to lay a track |
[00:31.61] | Learn to pick and shovel too and take that hammer |
[00:35.78] | It' ll do anything you tell it to" |
[00:39.30] | John Henry' s mammy had about a dozen babies |
[00:43.33] | John Henry' s pappy broke jail a dozen times |
[00:47.72] | The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money |
[00:51.79] | He said, " I' ll pay you a quarter at a time startin' tomorrow |
[00:55.76] | That' s the pay for a steel driver on this line" |
[00:59.63] | Then the section foreman said, " Hey, hammer swinger |
[01:03.70] | Said " I see you brought your own hammer boy |
[01:05.06] | But what else can all those muscles do" and he said, |
[01:08.39] | " I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track |
[01:12.32] | I can pick and shovel too" |
[01:15.33] | He said " Can you swing a hammer?" |
[01:16.56] | He said " I' ll do anything, you hire me to" |
[01:24.94] | He said " now ain' t you somethin' |
[01:26.85] | You' re so high and mighty with your muscles |
[01:29.15] | Go ahead, boy and pick up that hammer show me what you can do" |
[01:32.98] | He said, " Get a rusty spike and swing a hammer down three times |
[01:37.64] | I' ll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to |
[01:41.30] | Go on and do what you say you can do" |
[01:45.00] | With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle |
[01:49.00] | John Henry raised it back ' til it touched his heels then |
[01:53.38] | The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two |
[01:57.48] | Thirtyfive cents a day for drivin' steel |
[02:00.48] | He said " Sweat, sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings" |
[02:03.12] | He Said" I was born for driven steel" |
[02:09.88] | Well now John Henry hammered in the mountains |
[02:13.67] | He' d give a grunt, he' d give a groan with every swing |
[02:17.65] | The women folks for miles around heard him and come down |
[02:21.78] | To watch him make the cold steel ring, " Lord what a swinger |
[02:26.10] | What you made the cold steel ring" |
[02:31.68] | Then the bad boss come up laughin' at John Henry |
[02:35.45] | he said, " You full of vinegar now, but you about through |
[02:39.72] | We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin' |
[02:43.76] | Then what' s all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? |
[02:47.57] | Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you" |
[02:51.34] | John Henry said, " I feed four little brothers |
[02:55.22] | And my baby sister' s walkin' on her knees |
[02:59.62] | Now did the Lord say that machines |
[03:02.37] | Oughtta take the place of livin'? |
[03:05.62] | Then what' s a substitute for bread and beans? I ain' t seen it |
[03:11.41] | Do engines get rewarded for their steam?" |
[03:18.52] | And John Henry said to his captain, |
[03:22.10] | Said " A man ain' t nothin' but a man |
[03:25.89] | But you can bring that steam drill round, |
[03:28.15] | And I' ll beat it fair and honest |
[03:30.50] | I' ll die with that hammer in my hand but I' ll be laughin' |
[03:34.24] | But you can' t replace a steel drivin' man" |
[03:37.71] | There was a big crowd of people at the mountain |
[03:41.82] | John Henry said to the steam drill, " How is you?" |
[03:45.53] | Said " Pardon me mister steam drill, I suppose you didn' t hear me" |
[03:48.09] | I said, " How' re you?" |
[03:50.01] | Can you hoist a jack, can you lay a track |
[03:53.66] | Can you pick and shovel too?" |
[03:57.14] | Listen, this hammer swinger' s talkin' to you |
[04:22.35] | Two thousand people hollered, " Go, John Henry" |
[04:25.51] | Then somebody hollered, " The mountain' s caving in" |
[04:28.81] | John Henry told the captain, " Tell the kind folks don' t worry |
[04:32.17] | That ain' t nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, |
[04:34.68] | It keeps me breathin' |
[04:35.90] | The steel driver' s muscle I intend" |
[04:42.84] | Captain, tell the people, move back further |
[04:46.01] | I' m at the finish line and there ain' t no drill |
[04:49.40] | It' s so far behind but yet ain' t got the brains to quit it |
[04:52.77] | When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills, Lord lordy |
[04:56.26] | When she blows up she' ll scatter ' cross the hills |
[05:02.51] | Now John Henry had a little woman |
[05:06.51] | I believe the lady' s name was Polly Ann |
[05:10.10] | Yeah that was his good woman |
[05:11.72] | John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder |
[05:13.51] | And he went on home, early next morning |
[05:15.39] | He said, " Come here Polly Ann, come here sugar |
[05:18.50] | Said " You know, I' ve laying here watch the sun come up |
[05:21.48] | And I believe this is the first time |
[05:22.54] | I' ve seen The sun come up that I couldn' t come up with it" |
[05:26.27] | He said " Take that hammer, Polly Ann and go to that railroad |
[05:32.50] | When he' s swing at the laying man |
[05:33.85] | You tell' em like I' m laying like I do, you tell' em |
[05:36.14] | " I can hoist a jack, and I can lay a track |
[05:39.65] | I can pick and shovel too, ain' t no machine can |
[05:44.23] | That' s been proved to you" |
[05:48.59] | There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house |
[05:53.07] | The section hands laid him in the sand |
[05:57.16] | Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid |
[06:01.48] | They slow down and take off their hats |
[06:02.97] | When they come to hoist land |
[06:04.43] | Restin' his back, they said, |
[06:06.78] | " Mornin', steel driver you sure was a hammer swinger" |
[06:10.42] | Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed |
[06:12.70] | Clickity clack |
[06:14.72] | Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord |
[06:18.36] | Yonder lies a steel drivin' man |
[06:23.35] | Yeah Yonder lies a steel drivin' man, lord, Lord |
[06:27.14] | Yonder lies a steel drivin' man |
[06:30.43] | Oh Yonder lies a steel... |