John Henry and the Steel-Driving Man

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t was the late 1800s americans were scrambling to crisscross the country with railroad tracks the railroads would carry goods and people they would open up coal and timber lands they would help the country grow Building the railroads was hard work the men of the work gangs hauled rock and shoveled dirt they laid wooden beams and heavy steel rails they blasted their way through tall mountains listen One man is singing soon all the workers join in the picks and hammers rise and fall to the rhythm of their work song the words tell a story of joy and pain strength and pride and courage they tell the tale of John henry