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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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