| 1. Jack Hardy - The Tinker's Coin |
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Come all ye lads and lasses near A story I will tell to you About a cold damp night like this When shelter I was seeking A traveler passing through ...
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| 2. Jack Hardy - Gretna Green |
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'twas not quite summertime out by the borderline i stopped for thirst one day at a smith's along the way and there by fireside was the brightest pair...
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| 3. Jack Hardy - The Guttersnipe |
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Sing halleluiah for the guttersnipe lives he's not at all behind all your middleclass ways cry no, i am drowning for i cannot forgive for all wealth...
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| 4. Jack Hardy - That Close To Crying |
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There's not an ounce of softness left within this weathered heart The hand against the nap of fur disturbs that sleeping part No need for caution...
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| 5. Jack Hardy - The Silver Spoon |
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I saw them stand in line, the line went out of view and in their hand a form, the dream had been confused for they had all believed what steel and...
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| 6. Jack Hardy - Night Train To Paris |
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All that is open is the window i hold out my hand to the rain the tracks are glistening in shadow the ties, the steel, and the train stand in the...
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| 7. Jack Hardy - A Change Of Heart |
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And so I told you right from the start I cannot hold you to a change of heart there are things I could never say too young, too old to try to change...
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| 8. Jack Hardy - If I Ever Pass This Way Again |
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And if I ever pass this way again And if I ever sit alone with you And if I ever whisper all those thoughts I did hold inside past our adieu And if...
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| 9. Jack Hardy - Don't Tread On Me |
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You may see me on the corner with a big old smile that says "don't tread on me" with my hand on a bottle like a weapon in my hand that spells my...
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| 10. Jack Hardy - St. Clare |
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Call on that saint and the candle that burns keeping her safe until her return plaster and paint holding the fire a poor woman's saint holding all...
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| 11. Jack Hardy - Willie Goggin's Hat |
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Met him on the Killorglin road Thinking mine was a heavy load Said to stop and rest awhile Long enough to find your smile Said I don't know this and...
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| 12. Jack Hardy - Fallen |
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Fallen though the leaves were blown against the fence crossing there i saw you your step was like a dance the seasons they are changing we cannot...
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| 13. Jack Hardy - Willow |
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How the willow weeps in the wind it sings though we've heard that song before but I planted this one just last spring outside my kitchen door for I...
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| 14. Jack Hardy - Arrow |
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As I drive hell bent 'neath the sickle moon scattering leaves in blood red hues what tension shot me down this road hell bent so far that I almost...
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| 15. Jack Hardy - The Halloween Parade |
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Over the Pulaski Skyway Down through the tunnel of love A school bus in day glow colors Filled with bygone hippie stuff Don't laugh, your daughter...
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| 16. Jack Hardy - I Ought To Know |
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I ought to know more than I know I ought to know where this road goes I ought to know great literature by heart the history of art this I ought to...
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| 17. Jack Hardy - Ottomanelli |
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Ottomanelli, his wife and two cousins had crossed the atlantic to see what they'd find one was a farmer and one was a baker and one was a painter, a...
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| 18. Jack Hardy - I Can't Love You |
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I can't love you if you won't let me if you find reasons to drive me away I can't love you like heaven sent me to fix the seasons and make them stay ...
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| 19. Jack Hardy - In The Building Of The Boat |
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In the building of the boat perhaps a fatal flaw and it catches in my throat to think that I foresaw it's an age-old story told but I'll tell it once...
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| 20. Jack Hardy - Black-eyed Susans |
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Black eyed susans by the road In all those places time forgot Run and run from what we know Sometimes easy, sometimes not Youth is but a flowered...
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