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| J | ohn Wesley Harding was a fr | iend to the p | oor |
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| He traveled with a gun in every h | and |
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| All along this countryside, he | opened many a d | oor |
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| But he was never known to h | urt an honest m | an |
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| It was d | own in Chaynee County, a t | ime they talk ab | out |
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| With his lady by his side he took a st | and |
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| And s | oon the situation there was | all but straightened | out |
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| For he was always know to l | end a helping h | and |
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| All across the telegraph, his n | ame it did res | ound |
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| But no charge held against him could be pr | oved |
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| And there w | as no man around who could tr | ack or chain him d | own |
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| He was never known to m | ake a foolish m | ove |
