Tall Tales (1940)

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that I cannot fan no the Bron never tried nor never drew breath that I cannot ride till he starves Plum to death now down in the horse Coral all standing alone was this little old Cavo a strawberry rone he had little Pin ears that touched at the tip and a big 44 brand all over his left hip well I buckled on my spurs I was feeling plump fine I pull down my head and uncurled my twine when I through the loop only I knew right th that before I had Ry my chore ear my tin well he bowed down his neck and I'll say he Unwound he seemed to quit living down there on the ground he went up in the East and he came down in the west with me I sat on him doing my best well I lose is my stirrups and also my hat I'm a claw and that leather as blind as a bat with a phenomenal jump he made a high dive and he left me us sitting up there in the sky well I turned over twice and I come back to Earth and I L into cussing the day of his birth but I knew there's some ponies that I cannot ride there's some of them living they haven't all [Music] died bar you'd better sing yeah here last Sunday morning lord lord lord last Sunday morning Lord Lord Lord my daddy would a hunting lord lord lord the Daddy went hunting Lord Lord Lord he went hunting for the G Goose Lord Lord Lord he went hunting for the great lord lord lord took along his shotgun lord lord lord took long his shotgun lord lord lord long come a g Goose lord lord lord and Alone Come GRE go lord lord lord well it's up to his shoulder lord lord lord up to his shoulder lord lord lord and he pull back the hammer lord lord lord pull back the hammer lord lord lord and gun where the bo lord lord lord the gun where the bo lord lord lord down come that GRE Goose lord lord lord down come the G Goose Lord Lord Lord he was six month Fallen Lord Lord Lord he was six months of Fallen lord lord lord and the women was a titter lord lord lord other the women was a tit lord lord lord they had a feather picking lord lord lord they had a feather picking Lord Lord Lord he was six months a picking lord lord lord six months a picking lord lord lord well he six months of cooking Lord Lord Lord he was six months of cooking Lord Lord Lord put him on the table lord lord lord where they put him on the table lord lord lord and the FK couldn't stick him Lord Lord Lord no the FK couldn't stick him Lord Lord Lord the knife couldn't cut him Lord Lord Lord no the knife couldn't cut him Lord Lord Lord so they took him to the Sawmill Lord Lord Lord why they took him to the saw lord lord lord and saw couldn't cut him Lord Lord Lord what broke the swords to their lord lord lord throw him in the hog pin lord lord lord whe throw him in the hog pin lord lord lord the Hogs couldn't eat him Lord Lord Lord no the Hogs couldn't eat him Lord Lord Lord and the last time I see him Lord Lord Lord oh the last time I see him Lord Lord Lord he is flying over the ocean lord lord lord flying over the ocean Lord Lord Lord with the long string of Goins Lord Lord Lord with the long string of Goins lord lord lord they was all going quink quack lord lord lord they was all Queen qu Lord Lord Lord that's the story of the GRE Lord Lord Lord that's the story of the greo lord lord lord yes sir every word of that's true I was just a little baby when it happened when John Henry was a little baby he was sting on his KN guys come on out and sing it yeah come on out let's have that song he you know I can't sing it by myself we we sing it with you you know that okay well you join in the chorus with me huh right and if you don't sing I'm going to stop take a little dinner here we go [Music] when John Henry was a little baby he sitting on his M's KNE well he's stuck out his hand and he grabbed a piece of Steel says it's going to be the death of me well it's going to be the death of me John Henry said to his C well a man ain't nothing but a man and before I let steam drill beat me down I'm going to die with this hammer in my hand I'm going to die with this hammer in my hand John Henry said to the Shaker well now Shaker why don't you pray cause this little Hammer miss that piece of Steel tomorrow be your bearing day well tomorrow be youring day well John Henry said to the Shaker I Shaker why don't you sing L throwing n9b from my hips on down just listen to this cold steel rain well just listen to this c r well the C said to John Henry I believe the mountain sinking in John Henry left at his captain and said it ain't nothing but my hammer sucking wi it ain't nothing but my hammer well they took John Henry to the graveyard and they buried him in the sand well and every locomotive come roaring by says D is a Ste driving man not well they took John Henry to the graveyard and they buried him in the sand well and every locomotive come rolling by say there is a Ste driving man but not [Music]