Nine Pound Hammer Lyrics - Frank Fairfield - Frank Fairfield

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