Nine Pound Hammer

Got a nine-pound hammer (Nine-pound hammer)
She'd a little 'do head (She'd a little 'do head)
Buddy for my size (Buddy for my size)
Buddy for my size
Bet there ain't another hammer (Ain't another hammer)
'Round this old ton (Round this old ton)
That'll ring like mine (That'll ring like mine)
That'll ring like mine

Roll on, buddy
Don't you roll so slow
How can I roll
When the wheels won't go?

Well, somebody stole (Well, somebody stole)
My nine-pound hammer (My nine-pound hammer)
Done took it and gone (Done took it and gone)
Yes, took it and gone
That same old hammer (Same old hammer)
That killed John Henry (Killed John Henry)
It won't kill me (Won't kill me)
Won't let it kill me (Won't kill me)

Roll on, buddy
And make your time
Lord, it done broke down
And I can't make mine
Play it now

Look out now, look out

You can take this hammer (You can take this hammer)
And throw it at the captain (Throw it at the captain)
Better tell him I'm gone (Better tell him I'm gone)
Yes, tell him I'm gone
And if he asks you (If he asks you)
Where the old boy went to (Where the old boy went to)
Tell him you don't know (Tell him you don't know)
Buddy, you don't know

Roll on, buddy
And make your time
Lord, it done broke down
And I can't make mine
Take it now, son