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Nine Pound Hammer
John Prine

This nine pound hammer

Is a little too heavy

Buddy for my size

Buddy for my size

So I'm going on the mountain

Just to see my baby

And I ain't coming back

No I ain't coming back


Chorus:


Roll on buddy

Don't you roll so slow

Well, tell me how can I roll

When the wheels won't go

Roll on buddy

Pull you load of coal

Tell me how can I pull

When the wheels won't roll


It's a long way to harlan

It's a long way to hazard

Just to get a little brew

Just to get a little brew


And when I'm long gone

You can make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal

Out of number nine coal


Repeat chorus:


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