John Hardy-Lead Belly

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[ar:Leadbelly]
[al:Leadbelly Vol.3 1939-1947]
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[00:00.00]John Hardy - Lead Belly
[00:22.74]John Hardy he was a desperate little man
[00:27.17]He carried two guns every day
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[00:30.97]He shot a man on the west v*rginia line
[00:35.16]Might have seen John Hardy getting away poor boy
[00:39.34]Might have seen John Hardy getting away
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[01:03.22]John Hardy went up upon that freestone bridge
[01:07.53]There he thought he would be free
[01:11.18]Up stepped a deputy and he caught him by the arm
[01:15.55]Saying Johnny come and go with me poor boy
[01:19.79]Johnny come and go with me
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[01:43.47]John Hardy had a mother and a father too
[01:47.40]He sent for them to come and go his bail
[01:50.89]There was not no bail out for a murdering man
[01:55.08]They shaved John Hardy back in jail poor boy
[01:59.26]And they shaved John Hardy back in jail
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[02:22.14]John Hardy had a purdy little wife
[02:26.19]That mrs oh she wore what blew
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[02:29.76]She came to the jailhouse with a loud shout
[02:33.74]She saying Johnny i've been true to you poor boy
[02:37.86]Johnny i've been true to you
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[02:59.96]John Hardy was standing in his cell
[03:03.96]With tears a rolling down his eye
[03:07.32]I've been the death of a many poor boy
[03:11.31]And now i am ready to die lord lord
[03:15.24]Now i am ready to die
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[03:36.97]I've been to the east i've been to the west
[03:40.84]I've been this whole wide world round
[03:44.65]I've been to the east river and i've been baptised
[03:48.33]Now take me to my hanging ground lord now
[03:52.34]Take me to my hanging ground