The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)-Johnny Cash

[00:00.000] 作词 : June Carter Cash/John R. Cash [00:01.000] 作曲 : June Carter Cash/John R. 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...