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John Hardy

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
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🇬🇧 English · Original

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John Hardy was a desperate little man Carried two guns every day He shot down a man on the West Virginia line You should have seen John Hardy getting away John Hardy run to the Freestone Bridge Trying to make his getaway Along come a deputy and he took him by the arm Said "Johnny come along with me" John Hardy had a pretty little girl The dress that she wore was red She come a-tripping through the old churchyard Saying "Pappy I would rather be dead" They sent for his mommy and his pappy too To try and go his bail But money won't pay for a murdering charge So they locked John Hardy back in jail John Hardy had a pretty little girl The dress that she wore was red She come a-tripping through the old churchyard Saying "Pappy I would rather be dead" I've been to the east and I've been to the west And I've been this wide world around I've been to the river and I've been baptized Now take me to my hanging ground John Hardy was a desperate little man Carried a razor every day Shot down a man on the West Virginia line You should have seen John Hardy getting away