John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man-The Carter Family

[00:17.41]John Hardy was a desperate little man [00:21.77]He carried two guns every day [00:25.76]He shot a man on the West Virginia line [00:29.77]And you ought to see John Hardy getting away [00:36.97]John Hardy got to the east stone bridge [00:41.31]He thought that he would be free [00:45.17]And up stepped a man and took him by the arm [00:49.22]Saying Johnny, walk along with me [00:56.66]He sent for his poppy and his mommy too [01:00.99]To come and go his bail [01:04.87]But money won't go on a murdering case [01:08.95]And they locked John Hardy back in jail [01:16.46]John Hardy had a pretty little girl [01:20.90]The dress that she wore was blue [01:24.78]As she came skipping through the old jail hall [01:28.94]Saying Poppy, I been true to you [01:36.32]John Hardy had another little girl [01:40.54]The dress that she wore was red [01:44.73]She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground [01:48.72]Saying Poppy, I would rather be dead [01:56.25]"I've been to the east and I've been to the west [02:00.53]I've been this wide world around [02:04.50]I've been to the river and I've been baptized [02:08.53]And it's now I'm on my hanging ground" [02:16.01]John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high [02:20.02]With his loving little wife by his side [02:24.20]And the last words she heard poor John-O say [02:28.33]"I'll meet you in that sweet bye and bye" [02:32.88]