Take this hammer and carry it to the captain

Tell him I'm gone Tell him I'm gone

Oh tell him I'm gone

Take this hammer and carry it to the captain

Oh tell him I'm gone

Tell him I'm gone I sure am gone

This is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won't kill me

But it won't kill me

But it won't kill me

This is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won't kill me

But it won't kill me

Sure won't kill me

It's a long way from east Colorado

Honey to my home

Honey to my home

Honey to my home

It's a long way from east Colorado

Honey to my home

Honey to my home

That's where I'm going

John Henry he left his hammer laying side the road

Laying side the road

Laying side the road

John Henry he left his hammer all over in rain

All over in rain Laying side the road

John Henry was a steel drivin' man

But he went down

But he went down

He sure went down

John Henry was a steel drivin' man

But he went down

But he went down

That's where I'm going