A Natural Man: The True Story of John Henry

A Natural Man: The True Story of John Henry — page 3
Some folks say he was born with a hammer in his hand Others say that’s the first thing he reached for a hammer hanging on the cabin wall But everyone agrees he weighed thirty-three pounds when he first came into this world His daddy took one look at him and said That boy’s gonna be a natural man I can see that as plain as a row of cotton runnin uphill Yes sir he’s gonna be a natural man Starting so big John Henry naturally grew fast and he grew big so fast and so big that he was only two when he sat on his mother’s knee for the last time And that time John looked up and said Big Bend Tunnel on the C and O Road gonna be the death of me 8