The Ballad of John Henry
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The Ballad of John Henry
This ballad tells the story of John Henry, an American folk hero. According to legend, he was the strongest and fastest railroad workers in his day during the post-Civil War era. In the late 1800's, the steam drill was invented to replace the men who pounded spikes into the hard rock so that sticks of dynamite could be placed in mountain faces ...
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