John Hardy-Leadbelly

[ti:John Hardy] [ar:Lead Belly] [al:Goodnight Irene] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Hardy - Leadbelly [00:22.35]John Hardy he was a desperate little man [00:26.52]He carried two guns every day [00:30.76]He shot a man on the west v*rginia line [00:34.56]Might have seen John Hardy getting away poor boy [00:38.83]Might have seen John Hardy getting away [00:42.81]John Hardy went up upon that freestone bridge [00:47.17]There he thought he would be free [00:50.90]Up stepped a deputy and he caught him by the arm [00:55.19]Saying Johnny come and go with me poor boy [00:59.23]Johnny come and go with me [01:01.68] [01:07.56]John Hardy had a mother and a father too [01:15.01]He sent for them to come and go his bail [01:18.71]There was not no bail out for a murdering man [01:22.77]They shaved John Hardy back in jail poor boy [01:26.82]And they shaved John Hardy back in jail [01:33.10]John Hardy had a purdy little wife [01:42.36]That mrs oh she wore what blew [01:46.30]She came to the jailhouse with a loud shout [01:50.32]She saying Johnny i've been true to you poor boy [01:54.32]Johnny i've been true to you [02:05.77]John Hardy was standing in his cell [02:09.71]With tears a rolling down his eye [02:13.51]I've been the death of a many poor boy [02:17.33]And now i am ready to die lord lord [02:21.54]Now i am ready to die [02:25.38] [02:52.90]I've been to the east i've been to the west [02:56.64]I've been this whole wide world round [03:00.29]I've been to the east river and i've been baptised [03:04.07]Now take me to my hanging ground lord now [03:08.30]Take me to my hanging ground