Spike Driver Blues Lyrics

The song Spike Driver Blues is performed by Doc Watson in the album named The Vanguard Years in the year 1995 .



John Henry was a steel drivin' boy
But he went down
Yes, he went down
He went down

(break)

Take my hammer and give it to the capt'n
Boys, tell him I'm gone
You can tell him I'm gone
Yes, tell him I'm gone

(break)

This old hammer done kill John Henry
And it don't kill me
No it won't kill me
Ain't gonna kill me

(break)

It's a long way from East Colorado
Honey, to my home
Honey, to my home
Honey, to my home

(break)

John Henry left his hammer
All paint' in red
All shinin' red
John Henry's dead

(break)

Take this hammer and carrie it to the capt'n
You can tell him I'm gone
Boys, tell him I'm gone
You're sure he's gone



Doc Watson - The Vanguard Years

Nov 1995

  1. Rambling Hobo
  2. Train That Carried My Girl From Town (Live)
  3. The Coo Coo
  4. Reuben's Train
  5. Hick's Farewell
  6. Grandfather's Clock
  7. Beaumont Rag
  8. Farewell Blues
  9. Footprints In the Snow
  10. Intoxicated Rat
  11. Talk About Suffering
  12. Omie Wise
  13. Country Blues
  14. Black Mountain Rag
  15. Doc's Guitar
  16. Deep River Blues
  17. Muskrat
  18. Dream Of The Miner's Child
  19. Rising Sun Blues
  20. Otto Wood the Bandit
  21. Little Sadie Doc Watson
  22. Windy And Warm
  23. Tennessee Stud
  24. Blue Railroad Train
  25. Down In the Valley To Pray
  26. Dill Pickle Rag
  27. The F.F.V.
  28. Childhood Play
  29. Streamline Cannonball Doc Watson
  30. Old Camp Meeting Time
  31. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
  32. The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
  33. New River Train
  34. Rank Stranger
  35. Corrina Corrina
  36. What Does The Deep Sea Say
  37. There's More Pretty Girls Than One
  38. Way Downtown
  39. Brown's Ferry Blues
  40. Spike Driver Blues (Live)
  41. Roll On Buddy
  42. I Am a Pilgrim
  43. Wabash Cannonball
  44. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
  45. The Lawson Family Murder
  46. The Cuckoo Doc Watson
  47. Alabama Bound
  48. Bye Bye Bluebells (Live)
  49. Kinfolks In Carolina (Live)
  50. San Antonio Rose (Live)
  51. Blow Your Whistle Freight Train (Live)
  52. Cannonball Rag (Live)
  53. I Am A Pilgrim (Live)
  54. Arrangement Blues (Live)
  55. I Got A Pig At Home In A
  56. My Rough And Rowdy Ways (Live)
  57. Deep River Blues (Live)
  58. Banks Of The Ohio (Live)
  59. A-Roving On A Winter's Night (Live)
  60. Southbound (Live)
  61. Memphis Blues (Live)
  62. Salt Creek / Bill Cheatham (Live)
  63. Brown's Ferry Blues (Live)
  64. Windy And Warm (Live)

Spike Driver Blues