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Originally Posted by Rob
****! Thanks for the suggestion Jack. Listened to about 4 songs so far and I'm loving what I'm hearing. Just listening to The Day Jon Henry Died. Great song. It's got to be about the John Henry that Pete Seeger wrote about, that Bruce covered in The Seeger Sessions.
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Yup - same dude
When John Henry was a little bitty baby nobody ever taught him how to read
but he knew the perfect way to hold a hammer was the way the railroad baron held the deed.
John Henry told his captain,
"Lord a man ain't nothin' but a man
But before I let this steam drill beat me down
I'm gonna die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
Die with a hammer in my hand"
It's an American legend with lots of different meanings. But it has always been about the individual versus "the man"or the corporation or the railroad baron.