Lyrics:
John Henry said to his captain said "A man ain't nothin' but a man
But if you'll bring that steamdrill 'round I'll beat it fair and honest.
I'll die
hand
Man has alway wanted a woman by his side
To keep him company
Women always knew that it takes a man to get
Matrimony and harmony
Everybody
she's my baby
Don't you understand
Yeah she's my woman
I'm her lover man
Well she's my baby
No need to look around
Yeah she's my woman
We've got the best
to Wes's woman's place
Up she jumped and pistol whipped him kicked him in the face
And John Selman demands revenge for this disgrace
You could see every
I just want to tell you baby
If I can I need my W-O-M-A-N
A M-A-N needs a W-O for love or
Dirty boogie or the do-se do
And the F-E-M-A-L-E can turn
the mine, Lord, Lord
I'll get it from the man in the mine
Well John Henry went to the Captain
Said the captain, what can you do
I can hoist a jack, I
woman and her name was Polly Ann
John Henry he got sick and he had to go to bed
But Polly drove the steel like a man Lord Lord Polly drove the steel like
Don't condemn a woman by the places she go and stay.
Don't condemn the woman by the places she go and stay.
Because some no good man has made that
of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman needs man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
John Henry.)
First of all John Henry was a black man
He was born where the sun don't ever shine
He was six feet tall he didn't know his own strength
she won't set me free
She is a woman
She's not a girl anymore
The kind that stirs up a young man's imagination
She's dressed to kill
And I'm so
Sheriff Selman's boy
Broke in to Wes's woman's place
Up she jumped and pistol
Whipped him kicked him in the face
And John Selman demands
Revenge for
she won't set me free
She is a woman
She's not a girl anymore
The kind that stirs up a young man's imagination
She's dressed to kill
And I'm so
the mine, Lord, Lord
I'll get it from the man in the mine
Well John Henry went to the Captain
Said the captain, what can you do
I can hoist a jack, I can lay
(Every woman needs a man)
I can show you how (I love the girl, I love the woman)
Turn your love around
Turn your love around (This time the girl
hand
You're my kind of woman, you're my kind of man
You're my kind of woman, you're my kind of man
A match made in Heaven by God's gentle hands
I'll
sweet man should pass me by
If I die, where'll he be?
He's the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Don't know any reason why
He treats
sweet man should pass me by
If I die where'll he be
He's the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Don't know any reason why
He treats me
sweet man should pass me by
If I die where'll he be
He's the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Don't know any reason why
He treats me
of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman needs man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
down
But your baby needs love
Somebody to hold
Show me what to do
The woman in you brings out
The man in me
It's the woman in you
And the finer
of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman needs man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
again do it just the same, hey
Hail John Holt, Alton Ellis, Derloy Wilson, Dennis Brown, hey hey
Big youth, Josey Wailes, Daddy Roy
Would wake
Henry had a pretty little woman and her name was Polly Ann
John Henry he took sick and he had gone to bed
Polly drove the steel like a man Lord Lord but
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