Johnny Hart-Woody Guthrie/The Almanac Singers

[ti:Johnny Hart] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:American Icon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Johnny Hart - Woody Guthrie/The Almanac Singers [00:08.57]Johnny Hart he was a desperate little man [00:11.72]Hell gone ran a every day [00:13.81] [00:15.24]Cut down a man on a free state line [00:18.32]Should've seen Johnny Hart getting away ol'boy [00:20.97] [00:21.50]See Johnny Hart getting away [00:23.32] [00:24.98]Johnny Hart made a run for the free state line [00:27.67] [00:28.50]There he thought he'd be free [00:30.16] [00:31.47]But man came walking and grabbed by the arm [00:34.62]Saying Johnny walk along with me ol' boy [00:37.53] [00:38.28]Johnny walk along with me [00:40.15] [00:42.14]Johnny Hart he wrote his mom and dad [00:45.27]Saying come here and go my bail [00:47.65] [00:48.71]But money won't go his murder charge [00:51.28] [00:52.08]They lay Johnny Hart back in jail oh Lord [00:54.88] [00:55.55]They Johnny Hart back in jail [00:57.38] [00:59.53]Now the first one to visit Johnny Hart in jail [01:02.51]Was a girl with a rag on her head [01:04.87] [01:05.86]Said I never thought I'd see you in that jail [01:08.97]I believe I'd rather see you dead Johnny Hart [01:11.94] [01:12.57]I believe I'd rather see you dead [01:14.51] [01:15.70]Now the next one to visit Johnny Hart in jail [01:18.77]Was his lovely little wife so brave [01:20.93] [01:22.21]Said I'd rather see you in your winding sheets [01:25.46]Than see you on a long rattlin' chain dear god [01:28.33] [01:29.04]See you on a long rattlin' chain [01:30.94] [01:31.98]Johnny Hart he stood in his jail cell [01:35.26]And a tear ran down his eye [01:37.15] [01:38.48]There'd been the death of many deadly sheriff [01:41.38] [01:41.94]Six children never told a lie no Lord [01:44.69] [01:45.44]Six children never told a lie [01:47.09] [01:48.38]I've run to the east I've run to the west [01:51.36] [01:51.88]I've run just as far as I can [01:53.73] [01:55.02]I ever get loose from this ball and chain [01:57.65] [01:58.17]I'm gonna make free state line great God [02:01.07] [02:01.85]Make it to the free state line [02:03.57] [02:04.74]You've got guards to the east got guards to the west [02:07.60] [02:08.12]Got guards this whole world round [02:10.30] [02:11.40]But before I'll be a slave I'll rot in your bed [02:14.59]You can take me to my hangin' ground mister jail [02:17.44] [02:18.18]Take me to my hangin' ground