Nine Pound Hammer (Roll on Buddy)



cho: Roll on buddy! Don't you roll so slow.

How'm I gonna roll, when the wheels won't go.

Roll on buddy! Pull a load of coal

How'm I gonna pull, when the wheels won't roll.



This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy

For my size, buddy, for my size.



I'm a- goin' on the mountain for to see my baby

An' I ain't comin' back. Lord, I ain't comin' back.



Well when I die, you can make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal.



Ain't nobody's hammer on this here mountain

Rings like mine, that rings like mine.



Well this old hammer, it killed John Henry

Killed John Henry, but it won't kill me.



An' this old hammer rings like silver

Rings like silver, rings like gold.



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.





note: similar to one version of Swannanoa Tunnel Collected by

Sharp as Swannanoa Town. See SWANNOA

Recorded by Merle Travis, Monroe Bros.

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