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ReplyTo a comment on Maybe I Wasn’t Born on a Fool’s Day by Dovina.

Dovina10 Apr 2006

When John Henry was a little baby
sittin' on his mama's knee
he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
said "this hammer's gonna be the death of me
Lord, Lord
this hammer's gonna be the death of me"

- a folk song I used to sing in college.