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30 Dec 07 - 10:29 AM (#2224892) Subject: Lyr Add: JOHN HARDY (Buell Kazee) From: Roberto Buell Kazee's recording of John Hardy, from Before the Blues (Yazoo). I got it all, but I'm not sure of every word. Please, a check... Thanks. R John Hardy married him a lovin' little wife The dress she wore was blue She threw her arms around Johnny's neck Says, Johnny I'll be true to you, poor boy Says, Johnny I'll be true to you John Hardy was a-standing on the barrel of his gun So drunk he could not see When a police came and he took him by the arm Says, Johnny come and go with me, poor boy Says, Johnny come and go with me John Hardy was a–standing in the barroom door So drunk he could not see But the police come and he took him by the arm And said, You may go with me, poor boy Oh, he said, You may go with me John Hardy's mother came to him Says, Johnny, what have you done? I've killed me a man in a poker game And I'm standing on the barrel of my gun, Lord, Lord Oh, I'm standing on the barrel of my gun The night John Hardy was to be hanged There came a storm of a hail And it blew the hanging scaffold down And they placed John Hardy back in jail, Lord, Lord Oh, they placed John Hardy back in jail |
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30 Dec 07 - 12:08 PM (#2224948) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Buell Kazee, John Hardy From: Stewie Hi Roberto, it's refreshing to find an old-timey singer with clear diction. However, if you listen closely, I reckon S3L3 is: When the police came and they took him by the arm Also in stanza 3: But the police come and they took him by the arm And said, You may go with me poor boy Oh, said, You may go with me Also, I hear no 'a' before hail in the final stanza: 'storm of hail' Have a great New Year, Stewie. |
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30 Dec 07 - 12:35 PM (#2224962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Buell Kazee, John Hardy From: Roberto Thank you very much, Stewie. The same to you. R |