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Thread #43251   Message #630953
Posted By: Rick Fielding
19-Jan-02 - 12:14 AM
Thread Name: Why did John Henry hammer till he died?
Subject: RE: Why did John Henry hammer till he died?
People, People, People...oh the humanity! Please stop trying to turn this serious thread by a mudcatter who takes life pretty seriously into one of those dumb Shatner rambles.

Little Hawk. I apologize. Let me give your question another try. In the book "Searching for the REAL John Henry" by folklorist and pastry chef Vermin Le Sourise, there appears this hitherto unknown verse:

"John Henry swung his 9 pound hammer.
But his weak heart gave out and he fell dead.
So let that be a lesson to all steel drivin men,
Never go to work without your meds, lord lord.
Never go to work without your meds."

Glad to have been of help.

rick