John Henry

from Live From Studio B by Walkin' Bosses

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John Henry had/was a little baby
you could hold in the palm of your hand
before that boy was nine days old
he was driving down steel like a man

John Henry said to the captain
you oughta know
that they pay more money on that Sebring (?) Line
than they do on that M & O

John Henry went up on the mountain
and the mountain was so tall
the mountain was so tall and John Henry was so small
that he lay hammer down and he cried

John Henry had a little woman
her name was Sally Ann
John Henry took sick and he had to go to bed
Sally drove steel like a man

some say he came from England
some say he came from Spain
I know he musta been a West Virginia man
'cause he died with his hammer in his hand

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from Live From Studio B, released November 3, 2012

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Nico Osborne (hearnico.bandcamp.com)
Mattis Deutch (matchbook.bandcamp.com)
Haley Schurman
Austin Meyers
Jackson Kusiak (thesunshineboys.bandcamp.com)

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