Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
The Monroe Brothers * Track #6 On Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4
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Album Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4
- #1Memphis Shakedown
Memphis Jug Band
- #2Dog and Gun (An Old English Ballad)
Bradley Kincaid
- #3Down on the Banks of the Ohio
The Blue Sky Boys
- #4Adieu False Heart
Arthur Smith (Bluegrass Fiddler)
- #5Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
The Monroe Brothers
- #6Southern Casey Jones
Jesse James (Blues)
- #7Packin’ Trunk
Lead Belly
- #8Stand By Me
Clara Hudman
- #9West Virginia Gals
Al Hopkins and his Buckle Busters
- #10Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train
Uncle Dave Macon
- #11Governor Al Smith
Uncle Dave Macon
- #12He’s In the Ring (Doing the Same Old Thing)
Memphis Minnie
- #13The Cockeyed World
Minnie Wallace
- #14Barbecue Bust
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- #15Dans Le Grand Bois (in the Forest)
Hackberry Ramblers
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy by The Monroe Brothers
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The Monroe BrothersNine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Nine pound hammer (nine pound hammer)
Is a little too heavy (little too heavy)
For my size (for my size)
Now for my size
[Chorus]
Roll on buddy (roll on buddy)
Don't you roll so slow (don't you roll so slow)
Baby, how can I roll (baby, how can I roll)
When the wheel won't go?
[Fiddle solo]
[Verse 2]
Ain't one hammer (ain't one hammer)
In this tunnel (in this tunnel)
That rings like mine (oh it rings like mine)
That rings like mine
[Chorus 2]
Rings like silver (rings like silver)
And it shines like gold (and it shine like gold)
Rings like silver (oh, it rings like silver)
And it shines like gold
[Verse 3]
Somebody stole (somebody stole)
My nine pound hammer (nine pound hammer)
They took it and gone (they took it and gone)
They took it and gone
[Chorus]
Roll on buddy (roll on buddy)
Don't you roll so slow (don't you roll so slow)
Baby, how can I roll (baby, how can I roll)
When the wheel won't go?
[Verse 4]
Up on the mountain (up on the mountain)
For to see my darlin' (see my darlin')
And I ain't comin' back (and I ain't comin' back)
No, I ain't comin' back
[Chorus]
Roll on buddy (roll on buddy)
Don't you roll so slow (don't you roll so slow)
Baby, how can I roll (baby, how can I roll)
When the wheel won't go?
[Verse 5]
Nine pound hammer (nine pound hammer)
That killed John Henry (killed John Henry)
Ain't a-gonna kill me (ain't gonna kill me)
Ain't gonna kill me
[Chorus]
Roll on buddy (roll on buddy)
Don't you roll so slow (don't you roll so slow)
Baby, how can I roll (baby, how can I roll)
When the wheel won't go?
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy Q&A
Who wrote Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy's ?
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy was written by Traditional.
When did The Monroe Brothers release Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy?
The Monroe Brothers released Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy on Mon Feb 17 1936.