[Intro]
           

[Verse 1]
             
Can't you hear

              
 the ripple of

    
 my big spike 

hammer
             
Lord it's bust

       
ing my side
             
I've done all 

              
I can do to ke

        
ep that woman
             
Still she's no

          
t satisfied

[Chorus]
    
Hey hey Della 

Mae why do you

 treat me this

'a way
             
Hey hey Della 

              
Mae I'll get e

        
ven some day

[Verse 2]
             
I'm the best h

              
ammer swinger 

        
in this big se

ction gang
             
  Big Bill Joh

           
nson is my nam

e
             
Lord this hamm

              
er that I swin

              
g for a dollar

             
 and a half a 


day
             
And it's all f

            
or my Della Ma

   
e

[Chorus]
    
Hey hey Della 

Mae why do you

 treat me this

'a way
             
Hey hey Della 

              
Mae I'll get e

        
ven some day

[Instrumental]
      
      
      
        


[Verse 3]
             
Now I've been 

              
lots of places

              
 not much I ai

    
n't done
             
Theres still a

              
 lotta things 

            
I'd like to se

e
              
This big spike

             
 hammer that I

              
 swing or the 

             
woman that I l


ove
             
yeah one's gon

              
na be the deat

        
h of me

[Chorus]
    
Hey hey Della 

Mae why do you

 treat me this

'a way
             
Hey hey Della 

              
Mae I'll get e

           
ven some day
            
   Big Spike H

              
ammer,   Big S

               
pike Hammer