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John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man

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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 oughta seen John Hardy getting away.
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          John Hardy, he 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 to go his bail.
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          But money wont go a murdering case,
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          and they locked John Hardy back in jail.
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          John Hardy, he 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've been true to you!"
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          John Hardy, he had another little girl,
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          the dress that she wore was red.
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          She followed John Hardy to the 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 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 word she heard poor John-o say,
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          “I'll meet you in that sweet bye and bye. “