[Chorus:]
This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
For my size, honey, for my sizeRoll on buddy, don't you roll so slow
Baby, how can I roll when the wheels won't goUp on the mountain just to see my honey
And I ain't coming back, lord, I ain't coming back[Chorus]It's a long way to Hazard a long way to Harian
Just to get a little booze, just get a little boos[Chorus]Ain't one hammer in this tunnel
That rings like mine that rings like mine[Chorus]It rings like silver and shines like gold
It rings like silver and shines like gold[Chorus]Somebody stole my nine pound hammer
They've took it and gone, they've took it and gone[Chorus]That nine pound hammer that killed John Henry
Ain't a gonna kill me, ain't a gonna kill me[Chorus]
Songwriters
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