9 Pound Hammer

Daddy didn't have no 9 pound hammer but he worked himself just the same

Daddy did the job Daddy made the paper but they don't know Daddy's name

He could throw an axe he could throw a hammer he could pick and shovel too

There wasn't much at all working men would pay for that my Daddy couldn't do

But Daddy couldn't beat the steamer no matter what he tried

No Daddy couldn't beat the steamer until the day he died

Until the day he died

Daddy raced the drill clearing through the mountain and came out the other side

He laid his hammer down blew a kiss to Mamma and he laid right down and died

See Daddy must have known he lost it to the steamer you could see it on his face

They laid his body down heated up the steamer and they put it in his place

'Cause Daddy couldn't beat the steamer no matter what he tried

No Daddy couldn't beat the steamer until the day he died

Until the day he died

Mamma needed food Mamma needed money and she needed help from me

Times were getting hard they were getting harder we were poor as we could be

Well I could throw and axe I could throw a hammer but they said I was a kid

I finally found a job heating up the steamer making half what Daddy did

'Cause Daddy couldn't beat the steamer no matter what he tried

No Daddy couldn't beat the steamer until the day he died

Until the day he died

No Daddy couldn't beat the steamer no matter what he tried

No Daddy couldn't beat the steamer until the day he died

Until the day he died

Until the day he died