Nine pound hammer is just a little too heavy
For my size, baby for my size
Take this hammer show it to my captain
Tell him I'm gone, baby tell him I'm
If he asks you where I went to
Tell him you don't know, baby you don't know
Ain't no hammer in this mountain
Out rings mine, baby out rings mine
Take this hammer and throw it in the river
It rings right on, baby it rings right on
This is the hammer that killed John Henry
But it won't kill me, baby it won't kill me
This old hammer killed my buddy
It laid him low, it laid him low
Roll on buddy don't roll so slow
How can I roll when the wheels won't go
Roll on buddy for to make your time
I broke down and I can't make mine
This nine pound hammer just a little too heavy
For my size, baby for my size
