[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"
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