I don't know if this is the one you are after, but I found this in a Woody Guthrie songbook. It said, "Words and new music adapted by Woody Guthrie." Bill hoymanwi@dmps.des-moines.k12.ia.us JACKHAMMER JOHN Jackhammer John was a jackhammer man Born with a jackhammer in his hand. Lord, Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. I built your roads and buildings too, And I'm a gonna build a dam or two. Lore, Lord, well, I got them jackhammer blues. Lord, Lord, well, I got them jackhammer blues. Hammered on the Boulder, hammered on the Butte, Columbia River on a five mile chute. Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. Workin' on the Bonneville, hammered all night, A-tryin' to bring the people some electric light. Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues. I was borned in Portland Town. Built ev'ry port from Alaska down. Lord, Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. Built your bridges, dug your mines. Been in jail a thousand times. Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues. Jackhammer, Jackhammer, where you been? Been out a-chasin' them gals again. Lord, Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. Jackhammer man from a jackhammer town, I can hammer on a hammer till the sun goes down. Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues. I hammered on Bonneville, Coulee too. Always broke when my job was through. Lord, Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. I hammered on the river from sun to sun, Fifteen million salmon run. Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues. I hammered in the rain. I hammered in the dust. I hammered in the best and I hammered in the worst. Lord, Lord, and he had them jackhammer blues. I got a jackhammer gal just as sweet as pie, And I'll hammer on my hammer till the day I die. Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues.
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