Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song John Hardy, artist - Bill Monroe.
Date of issue: 30.06.2021
Song language: English
John Hardy |
John Hardy was a desperate little man, |
He carried two guns every day. |
He shot down a man on the West Virginia Line, |
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away, |
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away. |
John Hardy stood in that old barroom |
So drunk that he could not see. |
And a man walked up and took him by the arm, |
He said, «Johnny, come and go along with me, |
Poor boy, Johnny, come and walk along with me.» |
John Hardy stood in his old jail cell, |
The tears running down from his eyes. |
He said, «I've been the death of many poor boy, |
But my six-shooter never told a lie, |
No, my six-shooters never told a lie.» |
The first one to visit John Hardy in his cell |
Was a little girl dressed in blue. |
She came down to that old jail cell; |
She said, «Johnny, I’ve been true to you, |
God knows, Johnny, I’ve been true to you.» |
The next one to visit John Hardy in his cell |
Was a little girl dressed in red. |
She came down to that old jail cell; |
She said, «Johnny, I had rather see you dead, |
Well, Johnny, I had rather see you dead.» |
«I've been to the east and I’ve been to the west, |
I’ve traveled this wide world around; |
I’ve been to that river and I’ve been baptized, |
So take me to my burying ground, |
So take me to my burying ground.» |
John Hardy was a desperate little man, |
He carried two guns every day. |
He shot down a man on the West Virginia Line, |
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away, |
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away. |