John Hardy Lyrics
| Song | John Hardy |
| Artist | Leadbelly |
| Album | Memorial, Vol. 1-2 |
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| 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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