John Hardy (Album Version) Lyrics

Song	John Hardy (Album Version)
Artist	Lead Belly
Album	In The Shadow Of The Gallows Pole
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[00:23.28]	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
[00:27.51]	He carried two guns every day
[00:33.06]	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
[00:36.84]	I seen John Hardy getting’ away poor boy
[00:39.81]	I seen John Hardy getting’ away
[01:03.99]	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
[01:08.76]	He thought he was free
[01:13.26]	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
[01:16.20]	Said "Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
[01:20.43]	Johnny, come and go with me"
[01:44.04]	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
[01:48.75]	He begged them to come and go his bail
[01:52.62]	There was no bail allowed for the murderin’ man
[01:56.70]	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
[01:57.63]	They chased John Hardy back in jail
[02:24.45]	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
[02:28.56]	And the dress she wore was blue
[02:32.64]	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
[02:34.59]	Said “Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
[02:38.49]	Johnny I been true to you”
[03:00.93]	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
[03:05.73]	And tears are rollin’ down his eyes
[03:06.54]	Said, "I have been at the death of many a poor man
[03:12.15]	And now I am ready to die poor boy
[03:14.88]	And now I am ready to die"
[03:38.76]	I’ve been to the east I've been to the west
[03:42.51]	I've been the whole wide world around
[03:46.29]	I've been to the river and I've been to baptized
[03:49.38]	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
[03:53.01]	And take me to my hanging ground

[00:23.28]	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
[00:27.51]	He carried two guns every day
[00:33.06]	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
[00:36.84]	I seen John Hardy getting' away poor boy
[00:39.81]	I seen John Hardy getting' away
[01:03.99]	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
[01:08.76]	He thought he was free
[01:13.26]	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
[01:16.20]	Said " Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
[01:20.43]	Johnny, come and go with me"
[01:44.04]	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
[01:48.75]	He begged them to come and go his bail
[01:52.62]	There was no bail allowed for the murderin' man
[01:56.70]	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
[01:57.63]	They chased John Hardy back in jail
[02:24.45]	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
[02:28.56]	And the dress she wore was blue
[02:32.64]	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
[02:34.59]	Said " Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
[02:38.49]	Johnny I been true to you"
[03:00.93]	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
[03:05.73]	And tears are rollin' down his eyes
[03:06.54]	Said, " I have been at the death of many a poor man
[03:12.15]	And now I am ready to die poor boy
[03:14.88]	And now I am ready to die"
[03:38.76]	I' ve been to the east I' ve been to the west
[03:42.51]	I' ve been the whole wide world around
[03:46.29]	I' ve been to the river and I' ve been to baptized
[03:49.38]	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
[03:53.01]	And take me to my hanging ground

[00:23.28]	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
[00:27.51]	He carried two guns every day
[00:33.06]	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
[00:36.84]	I seen John Hardy getting' away poor boy
[00:39.81]	I seen John Hardy getting' away
[01:03.99]	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
[01:08.76]	He thought he was free
[01:13.26]	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
[01:16.20]	Said " Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
[01:20.43]	Johnny, come and go with me"
[01:44.04]	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
[01:48.75]	He begged them to come and go his bail
[01:52.62]	There was no bail allowed for the murderin' man
[01:56.70]	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
[01:57.63]	They chased John Hardy back in jail
[02:24.45]	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
[02:28.56]	And the dress she wore was blue
[02:32.64]	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
[02:34.59]	Said " Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
[02:38.49]	Johnny I been true to you"
[03:00.93]	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
[03:05.73]	And tears are rollin' down his eyes
[03:06.54]	Said, " I have been at the death of many a poor man
[03:12.15]	And now I am ready to die poor boy
[03:14.88]	And now I am ready to die"
[03:38.76]	I' ve been to the east I' ve been to the west
[03:42.51]	I' ve been the whole wide world around
[03:46.29]	I' ve been to the river and I' ve been to baptized
[03:49.38]	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
[03:53.01]	And take me to my hanging ground

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