John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man-The Carter Family

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[00:00.00]John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family/Joseph Falcon
[00:17.62]John Hardy was a desperate little man
[00:21.83]He carried two guns every day
[00:25.77]He shot a man on the West Virginia line
[00:29.92]And you ought to see John Hardy getting away
[00:37.08]John Hardy got to the east stone bridge
[00:41.41]He thought that he would be free
[00:45.28]And up stepped a man and took him by the arm
[00:49.55]Saying Johnny walk along with me
[00:56.72]He sent for his poppy and his mommy too
[01:01.22]To come and go his bail
[01:05.09]But money won't go on a murdering case
[01:09.27]And they locked John Hardy back in jail
[01:16.56]John Hardy had a pretty little girl
[01:21.00]The dress that she wore was blue
[01:24.92]As she came skipping through the old jail hall
[01:29.19]Saying Poppy I been true to you
[01:36.43]John Hardy had another little girl
[01:40.75]The dress that she wore was red
[01:44.76]She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground
[01:49.01]Saying Poppy I would rather be dead
[01:56.27]I've been to the east and I've been to the west
[02:00.65]I've been this wide world around
[02:04.63]I've been to the river and I've been baptized
[02:08.80]And I'm on my hanging ground
[02:16.11]John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high
[02:20.17]With his loving little wife by his side
[02:24.36]And the last words she heard poor John-O say
[02:28.53]I'll meet you in that sweet bye and bye