[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