Nine Pound Hammer (Live) Lyrics

Well, the nine-pound hammer

Is a little too heavy buddy for my size, buddy for my size

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go

It's a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard

Just to get a little brew, just to get a little brew

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go

Well, there ain't one hammer that's in this tunnel

that'll ring like mine, that'll ring like mine

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go

Well, I'm going on the mountain, gonna see my baby

and I ain't coming back, and I ain't coming back

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go

Well, the nine-pound hammer killed John Henry

But it won't get me, ain't gonna get me

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go

Well, when I die, you can make my tombstone

out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal

Well, roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't go