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John Hardy was a desperate little man |
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He carried two guns every day |
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He shot a man on the West Virginia line |
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And you ought to see John Hardy getting away |
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John Hardy got to the east stone bridge |
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He thought that he would be free |
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And up stepped a man and took him by the arm |
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Saying Johnny, walk along with me |
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He sent for his poppy and his mommy too |
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To come and go his bail |
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But money won't go on a murdering case |
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And they locked John Hardy back in jail |
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John Hardy had a pretty little girl |
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The dress that she wore was blue |
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As she came skipping through the old jail hall |
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Saying Poppy, I been true to you |
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John Hardy had another little girl |
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The dress that she wore was red |
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She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground |
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Saying Poppy, I would rather be dead |
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"I've been to the east and I've been to the west |
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I've been this wide world around |
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I've been to the river and I've been baptized |
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And it's now I'm on my hanging ground" |
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John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high |
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With his loving little wife by his side |
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And the last words she heard poor John-O say |
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"I'll meet you in that sweet bye and bye" |
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