Van Zandt, Townes - Nine Pound Hammer Lyrics
This nine pound hammer, it's a little too heavy
For my size, honey, for my size
I'm goin on the mountain, gonna see my baby
But I ain't comin' back, no, I ain't comin' back
Roll on buddy, don't you roll too slow
How can I roll, when the wheels won't go
Roll on buddy, pull a load of coal
How can I pull, when the wheels won't roll
Well, 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
Well, when I'm long gone you can make my tombstone
Outta number nine coal, outta number nine coal
[Chorus]
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Van Zandt, Townes Nine Pound Hammer Comments
splendid
When you are a Nine Pound Hammer the world looks like a bunch of nails! 😘😈😛👍
live between Harlan and hazard hope I get to see the inside of a mine again
I love this record so much. TVZ has this hot, cramped crowd that was prone to rowdiness awed into silence. He was too good. I hate country music, but I adore Townes.
Townes simply gets better as the years roll on....
I think he was always great it, just, took us time and maturity to realize that!👆👍😛😈
Thanks for sharing, buddy! As time goes by I find Townes greater and greater, and it seems to me that I'm not alone in my steady upgrading of this genius. Again, thanks for sharing!
Townes is my drug, and weed and whiskey and Waylon
Sam Ray sent me here
James a friend of mine always tells me my music reminds them of sam ray's. never been too big a fan myself but that's badass that he's into townes
thanks pauly. didnt do any looking to find out, but is this your own personal driving footage? great idea to put that there. i also wonder where it is im looking at in the footage. its hard to explain but theres something really great about joyriding, if youre into that. with your best friend or girl, driving around watching the world outside pass by. feels great.
"just to get a little brew, just to get a little brew"
deep respect to all the others who have done this song, but this versions my favorite
Brilliant! Appalachian coal miners still have to fight daily for a safe workplace.To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by non-union coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of Kentucky coal miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at a mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back, and is working in the mines again!
I like this version by Townes. Wish I could-a seen him live. I am more familiar with John Prine's take, which is way up tempo on the Sweet Revenge LP. I have to agree with bth2458: "Townes' take allows the mind to conjure hearing this on a jukebox at a roadhouse bar, off of some secondary highway in New Mexico." And I would add to that: "While tasting some fine Tequila"...
@JohnMais i agree!
@diddywahdaddy thanks, call me Pauly.
Nice way of presenting a great audio recording, FahQposeurfag ! Many thanks!
@bth2458 i'm gonna have to agree with ya on that.
Doc Watson and the Monroe Brothers did beautiful versions of this one too, but Townes' take allows the mind to conjure hearing this on a jukebox at a roadhouse bar, off of some secondary highway in New Mexico.