Nine Pound Hammer

Nine pound hammer is just a little too heavy

For my size, baby for my sizeTake this hammer show it to my captain

Tell him I'm gone, baby tell him I'mIf he asks you where I went to

Tell him you don't know, baby you don't knowAin't no hammer in this mountain

Out rings mine, baby out rings mineTake this hammer and throw it in the river

It rings right on, baby it rings right onThis is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won't kill me, baby it won't kill meThis old hammer killed my buddy

It laid him low, it laid him lowRoll on buddy don't roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't goRoll on buddy for to make your time

I broke down and I can't make mineThis nine pound hammer just a little too heavy

For my size, baby for my size