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Song Take This Hammer

Folk Song
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Sources
en.wikipedia.org
History:
Take This Hammer
(
1860–1870
)
Language
English
Region
Southern States of the USA
This prison, wood and railroad work song is the source for a variety of adaptations in bluegrass and hillybilly music, most of which also took over some of the verses.
Submitted on 04/28/2005.
Last updated on 12/15/2025.
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Song Take This Hammer (Steel Drivin') (1940)
Performer
Lead Belly
LanguageEnglish
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1947)
Performer
Merle Travis
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1955)
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Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1956)
Performer
Tennessee Ernie Ford
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1957)
Performer
Odetta
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1957)
Performer
Dick Curless
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song 9 Lb. Hammer (1957)
Performer
Sanford Clark
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Take This Ole' Hammer (1958)
Performer
Big Bill Broonzy
1
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Song Take This Hammer To The Captain (1958)
Performer
Willie Wright
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1959)
Performer
Leon Bibb
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1959)
Performer
Lonnie Donegan
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1960)
Performer
The Brothers Four
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1961)
Performer
Hank Thompson
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1962)
Performer
Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1962)
Performer
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1962)
Performer
Johnny Cash
with
The Carter Family
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1963)
Performer
Flatt & Scruggs
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1963)
Performer
Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1963)
Performer
John Duffy
and
The Country Gentlemen
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song Swing That Hammer (1963)
Performer
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen
LanguageEnglish
1
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Song This Hammer (1964)
Performer
The Shadows
LanguageInstrumental
1
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Song Take This Hammer (1964)
Performer
Gale Garnett
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1964)
Performer
The Kentucky Colonels
LanguageInstrumental
1
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Song Nine Pound Hammer (1964)
Performer
Chet Atkins
LanguageInstrumental
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Song Take This Hammer (1964)
Performer
Mike St. Shaw Trio
LanguageEnglish
1
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