John Hardy Lyrics

	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
	He carried two guns every day
	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
	I seen John Hardy getting’ away poor boy
	I seen John Hardy getting’ away

	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
	He thought he was free
	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
	Said "Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
	Johnny, come and go with me"

	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
	He begged them to come and go his bail
	There was no bail allowed for the murderin’ man
	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
	They chased John Hardy back in jail

	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
	And the dress she wore was blue
	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
	Said “Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
	Johnny I been true to you”

	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
	And tears are rollin’ down his eyes
	Said, "I have been at the death of many a poor man
	And now I am ready to die poor boy
	And now I am ready to die"

	I’ve been to the east I've been to the west
	I've been the whole wide world around
	I've been to the river and I've been to baptized
	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
	And take me to my hanging ground

	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
	He carried two guns every day
	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
	I seen John Hardy getting' away poor boy
	I seen John Hardy getting' away

	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
	He thought he was free
	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
	Said " Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
	Johnny, come and go with me"

	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
	He begged them to come and go his bail
	There was no bail allowed for the murderin' man
	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
	They chased John Hardy back in jail

	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
	And the dress she wore was blue
	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
	Said " Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
	Johnny I been true to you"

	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
	And tears are rollin' down his eyes
	Said, " I have been at the death of many a poor man
	And now I am ready to die poor boy
	And now I am ready to die"

	I' ve been to the east I' ve been to the west
	I' ve been the whole wide world around
	I' ve been to the river and I' ve been to baptized
	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
	And take me to my hanging ground

	John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
	He carried two guns every day
	He shot a man on the West Virginia line
	I seen John Hardy getting' away poor boy
	I seen John Hardy getting' away

	John Hardy went up on that Freestone bridge
	He thought he was free
	Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
	Said " Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
	Johnny, come and go with me"

	John Hardy had a mother and a father too
	He begged them to come and go his bail
	There was no bail allowed for the murderin' man
	They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
	They chased John Hardy back in jail

	John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
	And the dress she wore was blue
	She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
	Said " Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
	Johnny I been true to you"

	John Hardy, was standing in his cell
	And tears are rollin' down his eyes
	Said, " I have been at the death of many a poor man
	And now I am ready to die poor boy
	And now I am ready to die"

	I' ve been to the east I' ve been to the west
	I' ve been the whole wide world around
	I' ve been to the river and I' ve been to baptized
	Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
	And take me to my hanging ground

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