John Hardy
Bill Monroe

John Hardy was a desperate little man,
He carried two guns ev'ry day.
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line,
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away....
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away....
John Hardy stood in that old baroom,
So drunk that he could not see.
And a man walked up and took him by the arm,
He said, Johnny, come and go along with me,
Poor boy, Johnny, come and walk along with me.
John Hardy stood in his old jail cell,
The tears running down from his eyes.
He said, I've been the death of many a poor boy.
But my six-shooters never told a lie,
No, my six-shooters never told a lie.
The first one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue.
She came down to that old jail cell,
She said, Johnny, I've been true to you.
God knows, Johnny, I've been true to you.
The next one to visit John Hardy in his cell,
Was a little girl dressed in red.
She came down to that old jail cell,
She said, Johnny, I had rather see you dead,
Well, Johnny, I had rather see you dead.
I've been to the East and I've been to the West,
I've traveled this wide world around,
I've been to that river and I've been baptized,
So take me to my burying ground,
So take me to my burying ground.
John Hardy was a desperate little man,
He carried two guns ev'ry day.
He shot down a man on the West Virginia line,
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away,
You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away.


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  A Fallen Star   A Beautiful Life   A Fallen Star   A Good Woman's Love   A Good Woman's Love   A Voice From On High   All The Good Times Are Past And Gone   Along About Daybreak   Along About Daybreak [Take 2]   Along About Daybreak [Take BD]   Angels Rock Me To Sleep   Angels, Rock Me To Sleep   Are You Lost In Sin?   Ashland Breakdown [Instrumental]   Back Up And Push   Back Up and Push [Instrumental]   Ballad Of Jed Clampett   Banks Of The Ohio   Beautiful Life   Big River   Big Sandy River [Instrumental]   Blue Goose [Instrumental]   Blue Grass Special [Instrumental]   Blue Grass Special [Take 2][Instrumental]   Blue Grass Stomp   Blue Grass Stomp [Take 3][Instrumental]   Blue Moon Of Kentucky   Blue Night   Blue Ridge Mountain Blues   Blue Yodel No. 4   Bluegrass Breakdown   Bluegrass Breakdown [Instrumental]   Bluegrass Breakdown [Live][Instrumental]   Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 2][Instrumental]   Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 3]   Bluegrass Ramble [Instrumental]   Bluegrass, Pt. 1 (Bluegrass Twist) [Instrumental]   Bluest Man In Town   Boat Of Love   Body and Soul   Bonny   Boston Boy [Instrumental]   Brakeman's Blues   Brakeman's Blues   Brand New Shoes   Brown County Breakdown [Instrumental]   Bugle Call Rag [Instrumental]   Cabin of Love   Can't You Hear Me Callin'   Can't You Hear Me Calling   Can't You Hear Me Callin'   Candy Gal [Instrumental]   Careless Love   Carolina Sunshine Girl   Changing Partners   Cheap Love Affair   Cheyenne [Instrumental]   Christmas Time Is Coming   Christmas Time's A Coming   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Close By   Columbus Stockade Blues   Come Back to Me in My Dreams   Come Go With Me   Cotton Fields   Cripple Creek   Cripple Creek [Instrumental]   Crossing the Cumberlands [Instrumental]   Cry, Cry Darlin'   Cry, Cry Darlin'   Cry, Cry Darling   Cryin' Holy unto My Lord   Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord   Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord   Crying Holy Unto My Lord   Danny Boy   Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day   Dog House Blues   Don't Put Off Til Tomorrow   Don't Put Off Til Tomorrow   Down In Caroline   Down In The Willow Garden   Down Yonder [Instrumental]   Drifting Too Far From The Shore   Dusty Miller [Instrumental]   East Tennessee Blues   Evening Prayer Blues [Instrumental]   Fair Play [Instrumental]   Fallen Star   Farther Along   Fire on the Mountain   Flowers Of Love   Foggy Mountain Top   Foggy River   Footprint In The Snow   Footprints In The Snow   Footprints in the Snow [Live]   Footprints in the Snow [Take 2]   Four Walls   Free Born Man   Get Down On Your Knees And Pray   Get Up John   Get Up John [Instrumental]   Girl In The Blue Velvet Band   Give Me Wings   Go Hither to Go Yonder [Instrumental]   Going Home   Good-Bye Old Pal   Goodbye Old Pal   Goodbye Old Pal [Take 2]   Gotta Travel On   Grey Eagle [Instrumental]   Hallelujah I'm Ready   Hallelujah I'm Ready   Happy On My Way   Harbor Of Love   Have A Feast Here Tonight   Have a Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit in a Log)   He Will Set Your Fields On Fire   Heavy Traffic Ahead   Heavy Traffic Ahead [Take 2]   Heel and Toe Polka [Instrumental]   Highway Of Sorrow   Honky Tonk Swing [Instrumental]   House of Gold   How Will I Explain About You   How Will I Explain About You?   I Am a Pilgrim   I Believed In You Darling   I Haven't Seen Mary In Years   I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling   I Hear A Voice Calling   I Live In The Past   I Saw the Light   I Want To Go With You   I Was Left On The Street   I Wish I Was In The Southland Sitting In A Chair   I Wish You Knew   I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do   I Wonder Where You Are Tonight   I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning   I'll Meet You In The Morning   I'm Blue I'm Lonesome   I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome   I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When   I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky   I'm Old Kentucky Bound   I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home   I'm Rolling On   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   I'm Travelin' On And On   I'm Waiting At The Gate   I'm Waiting For You   I'm Working On A Building   I'm Working On A Building (Live)   I've Found A Hiding Place   I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning   I'll Meet You In The Morning   I'm Blue I'm Lonesome   I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When   I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky   I'm Old Kentucky Bound   I'm On My Way To The Old Home   I'm Rolling On   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   I'm Waiting For You   I've Found A Hiding Place   In The Pines   It Makes No Difference Now   It's Mighty Dark To Travel   Jekyll Island [Instrumental]   Jenny Lynn [Instrumental]   Jerusalem Ridge [Instrumental]   Jimmy Brown The Newsboy   John Hardy [Instrumental]   John Henry   Just A Little Talk With Jesus   Just Over In The Gloryland   Katy Hill   Katy Hill [Instrumental]   Kentucky Mandolin [Instrumental]   Kentucky Waltz   Kentucky Waltz [Take 2]   Kiss Me Waltz [Instrumental]   Lady of the Blue Ridge [Instrumental]   Let Me Rest At The End Of My Journey   Let The Light Shine Down On Me   Letter From My Darling   Linda Lou   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Another Man? [Take 2]   With Body And Soul   Working On A Building   Y'all Come   Y'all Come   You Won't Be Satisfied That Way   You Won't Be Satisfied That Way   You'll Find Her Name Written There   You're Drifting Away   You'll Find Her Name Written There   You're Drifting Away

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