John Hardy-The Carter Family

[ti:John Hardy] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family - Are You Lonesome Tonight] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Hardy - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:17.10]John Hardy he was a desperate little man [00:21.35]He carried two guns every day [00:25.28]He shot a man on the West Virginia line [00:29.41]And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away [00:31.93] [00:36.52]John Hardy he got to the Keystone Bridge [00:40.77]He thought that he would be free [00:44.68]And up steps a man and takes him by his arm [00:48.85]Saying "Johnny walk along with me" [00:52.25] [00:56.09]He sent for his papa and his mommy too [01:00.41]To come and go his bail [01:04.35]But money won't go a murdering case [01:08.58]And they locked John Hardy back in jail [01:15.92]John Hardy he had a pretty little girl [01:20.10]The dress that she wore was blue [01:24.14]And she came skipping through the old jail hall [01:28.24]Saying "Poppy I've been true to you " [01:31.19] [01:35.71]John Hardy he had another little girl [01:39.88]The dress she wore was red [01:43.86]She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground [01:48.17]Saying "Poppy I would rather be dead" [01:52.77] [01:55.47]I've been to the east and I've been to the west [01:59.89]I've been this wide world around [02:03.81]I've been to the river and I've been baptized [02:07.98]And now I'm on my hanging ground [02:11.14] [02:15.23]John Hardy walked out on the scaffold high [02:19.42]With his loving little wife by his side [02:23.52]And the last words she heard poor Johnny say [02:27.68]"I'll meet you in that sweet by-and-by"