John Hardy Songtext
von Burl Ives

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried a razor every day
He shot a man in Jaderstown
You ought to seen John Hardy get away, Lord God
You ought to seen John Hardy get away

John Hardy had a pretty little woman
She was all dressed in blue
She cried out with a loud little shout
"Johnnie, I′ll be true to you, poor boy
Johnnie, I'll be true to you"


John Hardy was a-standin′ in the barroom door
So drunk he could not see
'Long come the sheriff and he took him by the hand
Said "Johnnie, come and go with me, poor boy
Johnnie, come and go with me"

The night John Hardy was to be hung
There came a storm and hail
Blowed the hangin' scaffold down
They throwed John Hardy back in jail, Lord God
They throwed John Hardy back in jail

I′ve been to the East, I′ve been to the West
I've been this wide world ′round
Been to the river and I've been baptized
Take me to my buryin′ ground, Lord God
Take me to my buryin' ground