JOAN HENRY (Michelle Nixon & Drive)
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: WELL THEY CALLED HER JOAN HENRY
SWUNG THAT HAMMER ALL DAY LONG
'BOUT A HALF MILE EAST OF MOREHEAD
AND THE RAILROAD WHERE SHE WAS BORN

CHORUS: KEPT HER MAMA, KEPT HER GRANDPA
KEPT HER SISTERS AND BROTHER TOO
AND THEY CALLED HER JOAN HENRY
SHE WAS JOHN HENRY'S DAUGHTER AND A STEEL DRIVER TOO

VERSE 2: JOAN HENRY NEVER SMILED MUCH
DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY
BUT THE MEN SAID JOAN HENRY
PUT THE SUNSHINE IN THEIR DAY

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VERSE 3: EASY MONEY ON THE RAILROAD
WAS FOR LADIES OF THE NIGHT
JOAN SAID I'LL SWING THIS HAMMER
GO TO JESUS, WEARING WHITE

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VERSE 4: JOAN HENRY SWUNG HER HAMMER
'TIL THEY LAID HER IN THE GROUND
SHE LAID TRACK FROM HERE TO HEAVEN
NEVER LAID HER HAMMER DOWN

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