Swannanoa Tunnel 2 (Traditional) I'm going back to the Swannanoa Tunnel That's my home, baby, that's my home Asheville Junction, Swannanoa Tunnel All caved in, baby, all caved in Last December I remember The wind blowed cold, baby, the wind blowed cold When you hear my watchdog howling Somebody around, baby, somebody around When you hear that hoot owl squalling Somebody dying, baby, somebody dying Hammer falling from my shoulder All day long, baby, all day long Ain't no hammer in this mountain Out rings mine, baby, out rings mine This old hammer it killed John Henry It didn't kill me, baby, couldn't kill me Riley Gardner, he killed my partner He couldn't kill me, baby, he couldn't kill me This old hammer it rings like silver It shines like gold, baby, it shines like gold Take this hammer, throw it in the river It rings right on, baby, it shines right on Some of these days I'll see that woman Well that's no dream, baby, that's no dream Source: Bascom Lamar Lunsford 'Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina' Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40082. PS apr00
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!