John Hardy

歌詞

John Hardy was a wild and a reckless man He carried two guns every day He killed two men in Shawnee Town And tomorrow will be hung, poor boy Tomorrow will be hung John Hardy was a reckless gambling man He lived in the gambling town And now he's sentenced to be hung For he shot another gambler down, poor boy Shot another gambler down John Hardy had a wife and she lived in the West She always dressed in blue And when she heard of Johnny's death Says, "John Hardy, I was true to you, poor boy John Hardy, I was true to you" Friends and relations was standing around Says, "John, what have you done?" "I killed two men in Shawnee Town And I'm standing on my hanging ground, poor boy Standing on my hanging ground" They took John Hardy to the riverside He's willing to be baptized The last words I heard John Hardy say "I want to go to Heaven when I die, poor boy Want to go to Heaven when I die" He said, "If I die a gambling man Go bury me under the sand A pick and shovel at my head and feet And a deck of cards in my hand, poor boy Deck of cards in my hand"