Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song John Hardy was a Desoerate Little Man, artist - The Carter Family. Album song The First Family of Country Music, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 11.12.2012
Record label: TPX
Song language: English
John Hardy was a Desoerate Little Man |
John Hardy was a desperate little man |
He carried two guns every day |
He shot a man on the West Virginia line |
And you ought to see John Hardy getting away |
John Hardy got to the east stone bridge |
He thought that he would be free |
And up stepped a man and took him by his arm |
Saying Johnny, walk along with me He sent for his poppy and his mommy too |
To come and go his bail |
But money won’t go a murdering case |
And they locked John Hardy back in jail |
John Hardy had a pretty little girl |
That dress that she wore was blue |
As she came skipping through the old jail hall |
Saying Poppy, I been true to you |
John Hardy had another little girl |
That dress that she wore was red |
She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground |
Saying Poppy, I would rather be dead |
«I've been to the east and I’ve been to the west |
I’ve been this wide world around |
I’ve been to the river and I’ve been baptized |
And it’s now I’m on my hanging ground» |
John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high |
With his loving little wife by his side |
And the last words she heard poor John-O say |
«I‘ll meet you in that sweet bye and bye» |