John Wesley Hardin

John Wesley Hardin was a bad, bad man
Carried two guns every day
He shot a man dead at the age of fifteen
Ought to seen John Wesley get away
(Ought to seen John Wesley get away)

He looked to the east, and he looked to the west
The time was about sundown
As Johnny rode away, they heard him say
"I’ll see you in another western town"
("I’ll see you in another western town")

John Wesley was standin' in a bar one night
Hummin' a cowboy song
When a stranger walked in with a gun in his hand
Sayin', "Johnny, you’d better move along"
(Sayin', "Johnny, you’d better move along")

Johnny’s big black gun never left his hip
All the stranger saw was a flame
They buried him dead by the light of the moon
John Wesley didn’t even know his name
(John Wesley didn’t even know his name)

Johnny had a reputation as a lady’s man
A pretty girl in every town
He was fast with a gun, had to have his fun
Else you wouldn’t find John Wesley hangin' 'round
(Else you wouldn’t find John Wesley hangin' 'round)

When John Wesley Hardin shot the sheriff of the town
They put him in that old state pen
There’d be no more notches on his big black gun
Johnny couldn’t see the pretty girls again
(Johnny couldn’t see the pretty girls again)