Lyrics John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
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"
1 Wildwood Flower
2 Bear Creek Blues
3 Cold Watch And Chain
4 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
5 Over the Garden Wall
6 I Found You Among The Roses
7 Wabash Cannonball
8 Little Darling Pal Of Mine
9 Lonesome For You
10 Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
11 East Virginia Blues
12 Buddies In The Saddle
13 Lonesome Valley
14 On the Sea of Galilee
15 Worried Man Blues
16 Lonesome Homesick Blues
17 Are You Tired of Me, My Darling
18 I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
19 I'm Working On a Building
20 Something Got a Hold of Me
21 Hello Stranger
22 Keep On the Firing Line
23 I Have An Aged Mother
24 There's No Hiding Place Down There
25 Little Poplar Log House On the Hill
26 Home By the Sea
27 Answer To Weeping Willow
28 Coal Miner's Blues
29 Rambling Boy
30 It'll Aggravate Your Soul
31 John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
32 Girl On the Greenbrier Shore
33 My Dixie Darling
34 I Never Will Marry
35 I'll Be Home Some Day
36 Bury Me Under The Weeping Willows
37 The Mountains of Tennessee
38 Waves On The Sea
39 Bonny Blue Eyes
40 Single Girl, Married Girl
41 Hello Central Give Me Heaven
42 I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
43 No Depression (In Heaven)
44 You Are My Flower
45 Keep On The Sunny Side
46 Anchored In Love
47 You're Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down
48 Longing for Old Virginia
49 If One Won't Another Will
50 Diamonds In the Rough
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