Take This Hammer
Lead Belly| La versione di Odetta | |
| SPIKE DRIVER BLUES 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. Just tell him I'm gone. I'm sure is gone. This is the hammer that killed John Henry, but it won't kill me. But it won't kill me. But 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, honey, to my home. Honey, to my home. Honey, to my home. It's a long ways to east Colorado, honey, to my home. Honey, to my home. That's where I'm gone. John Henry he left his hammer layin' side the road. Layin' side the road. Layin' side the road. John Henry he left his hammer all over in rain. All over in rain. That's why I'm gone. John Henry was a steel drivin' boy but he went down. But he went down. But he went down. John Henry was a steel drivin' boy but he went down. But he went down. That's why I'm gone. | TAKE THIS HAMMER Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Tell him I'm gone, boys Tell him I'm gone If he ask you, was I running If he ask you, was I running If he ask you, was I running Tell him I'm flyin', boys Tell him I'm flyin' I don't want these your cold iron shackles I don't want these your cold iron shackles I don't want these your cold iron shackles Around my leg, boys Around my leg If he ask you, was I laughing If he ask you, was I laughing If he ask you, was I laughing Tell him I'm cryin', boys Tell him I'm cryin' I don't want your corn bread and molasses I don't want your corn bread and molasses I don't want your corn bread and molasses It's my pride, boys It's my pride Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Ah you can take this hammer, carry it to the captain Tell him I'm gone, boys Tell him I'm gone |
