John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man-The Carter Family

[00:01.02]John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family [00:17.45]John Hardy was a desperate little man [00:21.81]He carried two guns every day [00:25.65]He shot a man on the West Virginia line [00:29.83]And you ought to see John Hardy getting away [00:35.03] [00:37.10]John Hardy got to the east stone bridge [00:41.29]He thought that he would be free [00:45.18]And up stepped a man and took him by the arm [00:49.45]Saying Johnny, walk along with me [00:53.27] [00:56.75]He sent for his poppy and his mommy too [01:01.13]To come and go his bail [01:04.77]But money won't go on a murdering case [01:09.24]And they locked John Hardy back in jail [01:13.66] [01:16.55]John Hardy had a pretty little girl [01:20.86]The dress that she wore was blue [01:24.70]As she came skipping through the old jail hall [01:29.03]Saying Poppy, I been true to you [01:33.32] [01:36.53]John Hardy had another little girl [01:40.73]The dress that she wore was red [01:44.60]She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground [01:48.93]Saying Poppy, I would rather be dead [01:52.71] [01:56.20]I've been to the east and I've been to the west [02:00.62]I've been this wide world around [02:04.51]I've been to the river and I've been baptized [02:08.71]And I'm on my hanging ground [02:13.41] [02:16.12]John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high [02:20.10]With his loving little wife by his side [02:24.28]And the last words she heard poor John-O say [02:28.49]I'll meet you in that sweet bye and bye [02:32.45]