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.