Nine Pound Hammer

This Nine Pound Hammer
 Just a little too heavy
 For my size, for my size
 I'm a goin' on the mountain
 Gonna see my baby
 But I ain't comin' back
 Well I ain't comin' back
 Roll on buddy
 Don't ya roll so slow
 Well how can I roll
 When the wheels won't go
 Roll on buddy
 Pull your load of coal
 Tell me how can I pull
 When the wheels won't roll
 Nine pound hammer
 Killed John Henry
 But it won't get me
 Ain't a gonna get me
 Well I'm just a poor boy
 A long ways from home
 Down in Tennessee
 Down in Tennessee
 Roll on buddy
 Don't ya roll so slow
 Tell me how can I roll
 When the wheels won't go
 Roll on buddy
 Pull your load of coal
 How can I pull
 When the wheels won't roll
 It's a long way to Harlan
 It's a long way to Hazard
 Just to get a little brew
 Just to get a little brew
 When I'm long gone
 Just make my tombstone
 Outta number nine coal
 Ol' number nine coal
 Roll on buddy
 Don't ya roll so slow
 Tell me how can I roll
 When the wheels won't go
 Roll on buddy
 Pull your load of coal
 Now how can I pull
 When the wheels won't roll
 Roll on buddy
 Don't ya roll so slow
 Tell me how can I roll
 When the wheels won't go
 Roll on buddy
 Pull your load of coal
 Tell me how can I pull
 When the wheels won't roll