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John Hardy he 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 v*rginia line |
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might have seen John Hardy getting away poor boy |
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might have seen John Hardy getting away |
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John Hardy went up upon that freestone bridge |
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there he thought he would be free |
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Up stepped a deputy and he caught him by the arm |
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saying Johnny come and go with me poor boy |
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Johnny come and go with me |
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John Hardy had a mother and a father too |
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he sent for them to come and go his bail |
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there was not no bail out for a murdering man |
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they shaved John Hardy back in jail poor boy |
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and they shaved John Hardy back in jail |
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John Hardy had a purdy little wife |
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that mrs oh she wore what blew |
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she came to the jailhouse with a loud shout |
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she saying Johnny ive been true to you poor boy |
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Johnny ive been true to you |
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John Hardy was standing in his cell |
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with tears a rolling down his eye |
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ive been the death of a many poor boy |
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and now i am ready to die lord lord |
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now i am ready to die |
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I've been to the east i've been to the west |
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i've been this whole wide world round |
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i've been to the east river and i've been baptised |
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now take me to my hanging ground lord now |
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take me to my hanging ground |
