Nine Pound Hammer
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     This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
     For my size, Buddy for my size

     Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow      
     How can I roll, when the wheels won't roll 

     I'm going to the mountain, just to see my baby
     And I ain't coming back, no I ain't coming back 

     There ain't one hammer, down in this tunnel
     That can ring like mine, that can ring like mine
 
     Rings like silver, shines like gold 
     Rings like silver, shines like gold 

     This old hammer, it killed John Henry
     Ain't gonna kill me, ain't gonna kill me

     It's a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard
     Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze

     Buddy when I'm log gone, won't you make my tombstone
     Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal