Jack Hardy - Index of Songs

This is a list of songs that Jack Hardy has written or performed in concert.

Song Title	Album	First Line
The 111th Pennsylvane	Civil Wars	As we set out that fateful morn from Erie in the rain
1492	unreleased	Fourteen hundred and ninety-two guilty mothers taking kids to their mall
The 20th Century	The Passing	The twentieth century was a train
.45 Calibre Man	Jack Hardy (first album)	When I was young we used to be quite insane
Abilene	unreleased	You weren't the first one she let down
Adreen and I (?) (G. Hardy)	cover
After the Show	Early and Rare	If the robin were singing you would send him back to work
Ain't Never Found a Good Woman	Jack Hardy (first album)	Don't leave me worried; I just don't understand
Ain't You Got No Reason? (Same Sad Game)	unreleased	If the robin were singing, you would send him back to work
Al Cormier	The Mirror of My Madness	Today Al Cormier is going to die
All for the Love of Michael	The Hunter	She has taken to making money again
All in Time	Two of Swords	All in time I crossed the river
All Saints' Eve	The Nameless One	It was All Saints' Eve, though some call it Hallowe'en
All the Way to Mexico	Bandolier	As we rode all the way down through Texas
An Bael Bocht (The Poor Mouth)	Landmark	There were only five there, with their hat in their hand prayers
Andale	Bandolier	Wonderin' how you'll spend the night on a thread-bare couch again
Angeles Rosa	unreleased
Arrow	Omens	As I drive hell-bent 'neath the sickle moon
Ask Questions	Rye Grass	The dust bowl is flooded; the northwest is dry
Autumn	Bandolier	Autumn was a fatal time
A Way	Two of Swords	Place of stone, place of loam
Baby Loves the Banjo	unreleased	Baby loves the banjo; she don't know where it's been
Backyard in Kansas	Jack Hardy (first album)	Sing a little song about our old backyard in Kansas
Ballad of McLaughlin (Beneath the Rain)	Jack Hardy (first album)	One morning beneath the rain I slept a lengthy hour
Bandolier	Bandolier	Bandolier, you are clear to the border
Before You Sing	Through	Before you sing, before you strum your silken strings
Beggar to Beggar Cry	unreleased	Hark, hark, the dogs do bark
The Bells of San Blas	The Cauldron	The bells of San Blas are still rung by hand
Big Wheels	The Mirror of My Madness	Night was fallin' and the cold wind was freezin' at my face
Blackberry Pie	The Nameless One	I stopped all day to pick wildflowers
Black-eyed Susans	The Passing	Black-eyed susans by the road in all those places times forgot
The Black Hole	Civil Wars	There's a hole in your firmament of friends
The Blanket	Live Album (bonus CD)	Life begins and life it ends, all on this night of winter's woe
The Blue Garden	Two of Swords	Because I love you, not just when you sing
Blue on the Bottom	Two of Swords	Look how the wick bends over 'neath the weight of the flame
The Boat Song	The Mirror of My Madness	Last autumn's leaves cling to your feet
The Boney Bailiff	Omens	Well loved for the home that was in it and the crooked fuchsia'd walls
Brandon Cove	unreleased
Breakers	unreleased	Those who know nothing of defeat armies washed upon the shore
Breakout	Noir	Staring out the dirty window
Broken Heart	White Shoes	It is only a simple fact, a fact you simply need
In the Building of the Boat	Omens	In the building of the boat perhaps a fatal flaw
The Bunch of Rushes	cover	(Irish Gaelic)
Bye Bye, Love (Everlys?)	cover	Bye bye, love; bye bye, happiness
Cain and Abel	Coin of the Realm	When Cain slew Abel it was not about the money
California	The Hunter	I watched as the sun came slowly rising
Can't Say I Don't	unreleased
The Castle in the Rain	unreleased	A man's home is his castle; it's written in stone
The Cauldron	The Cauldron	Catharine had a calling in the woods
A Change of Heart	Omens	And so I told you right from the start
The Changing Wind	The Hunter	As I set out across the sea, my fortune for to find
The Child	Through	And the child has found his way to the spring
The Children	The Hunter	The swings were rusted 'cept the places worn smooth
The Circus	White Shoes	We got a new owner to the circus and we are in fat city at last
Citizens	Landmark	Summer in southern Colorado
Coal Black	unreleased	Coal black, tonight without a star
The Coin of the Realm	Coin of the Realm	George was not sleeping with Martha on the night that the first coin of the
Conspiracy of Sisterhood	unreleased	Softly close the door, turn around and look at me
Corrina, Corrina (trad.)	cover
Countdown	Two of Swords	Three days before the moon I came warning you
The Coyote	The Hunter	Pain farms with their non-urban romances
Craters on the Moon	unreleased
The Creation	Fast Folk albums	On the first day the devil made decaf coffee
Crime of the Century	Rye Grass	Headin' down to Railroad Avenue
Cross My Heart	Two of Swords	Cross my heart and hope to die if my heart should tell a lie
The Crow on the Cottage	unreleased	There's a crow on the cottage that sits by the sea
The Crows	Through	The farmer, he watches out over his field
Dachau	The Passing	Only a stone's throw, that close to knowing
Daisy Girl	Jack Hardy (first album)	Daisy girl, lazy girl just stole my heart
Das Kapital	Civil Wars	It was the mother who smiled instead of the child
Dead Man's Hand	Bandolier	Deadwood, South Dakota, has one claim to fame
Everything's Bigger in Texas	Bandolier	Forktail sitting in a live oak tree
Denial	Coin of the Realm	I will never cast the very first stone
Dick Cheney's Daughter Cannot Get Married	unreleased	Dick Cheney's daughter cannot get married
Dig a Hole to China	Noir	Don't I know it now, with each day passed
Discover What It Is	Through	Discover what it is to be in love
Don't Tread on Me	The Cauldron	You may see me on the corner with a big old smile
Double-Edged Sword	Civil Wars	All those nights we lay together
Dover to Dunkirk	The Nameless One	Load them on board, like so many soldiers of fortune
Down and Dirty	unreleased	You cannot argue with the cards you're dealt
Down on You	Early and Rare	Just say the word and I will leave you
Down Where the Rabbits Run	The Mirror of My Madness	Time is but the distance
Down with the Ship	Live Album (bonus CD)	As we sat in the kitchen with the radio blaring
The Drinking Song	Landmark	In the merry, merry month of May
Dubh Ruis	unreleased	Was it the harper who turned the tune, who tamed the melody deep within?
Dublin Farewell	The Hunter	I carried your memory on a chain around my neck
Dun Do Shuile	The Hunter	Distance makes the heart grow fonder
The Dust of Africa	Noir	The dust of Africa is still in my throat
Eclipse	Omens	The last time the moon was full it showed its darker side
Elevator	Through	Everyone knew that something had cracked
Empires	Noir	They say that Rome wasn't built in a day
End of the Road	Early and Rare	You know I can't follow you no more
Expatriate (Expatriot)	The Mirror of My Madness	One of the bricks has fallen
Fallen	The Cauldron	Fallen though the leaves were blown against the fence
Fancy Free (Two of Swords)	Two of Swords	Free, free, fancy free; who can be free enough?
Fare Thee Well	Landmark	There you go down that road again
Femme Fatale	White Shoes	You always wanted to be a femme fatale
Fool for the Dancer (Movin' on down the Road)	Civil Wars	Movin' on down the road seems like a simple solution
Forget-Me-Not	Two of Swords	And though you say that you'll be mine
Four Ways of Framing the Spring	Through	I have stared at this drop of rain too long
The Ghost of Grierson	jackhardy.com	The ghost of Grierson is unsettled tonight
The Girl with the Golden Tooth	unreleased	How the snow lay on the ghostly sycamores that froze this heart of mine
Go Tell the Savior	The Mirror of My Madness	This is the last weary road I'm gonna travel
Gretna Green	The Cauldron	'Twas not quite summertime out by the borderline
Ground Zero	Vigil	Down to Ground Zero
The Guttersnipe	Landmark	Sing "halleluiah" for the guttersnipe lives
The Halloween Parade	The Passing	Over the Pulaski Skyway, down through the tunnel of love
The Hawk	Civil Wars	I gave my love a feather, the feather of a hawk
The High Line	White Shoes	Riding on the high line that cuts against the border
Holy Ground	Coin of the Realm	Holy ground, what has made it holy?
Honky Tonk Hangover Blues	Early and Rare	Send me home to mother; wrap a bandage 'round my heart
Houston Street	The Mirror of My Madness	A man lay dead on Houston Street
The Hunter	The Hunter	You who were the gatherer, who gathered me in arms
I Am a Rovin' Gambler (traditional?)	cover
I Can't Love You	Omens	I can't love you if you won't let me
If I Ever Pass This Way Again	The Passing	And if I ever pass this way again
If I Were to Lay Me Down	Rye Grass	If I were to lay me down, I would not, could not sleep
I Have Eyes	Civil Wars	I have eyes; I can see; it's not hidden very secretly
I'm Still Dreamin'	Jack Hardy (first album)	It's just an old picture frame that's been filled so many times before
In Bed with the Enemy	Coin of the Realm	It's hard to rattle your saber when you're in bed with the enemy
Incident at Ebenezer Creek	White Shoes	The creek lies swollen before us
In Memory of Federico García Lorca	Noir	Came to love those sad eyes
The Inner Man	Landmark	"I have lost my coat on the road today"
In the Market for a Muse	unreleased	I'm in the market for a muse; it's not every day you get to be…
I Ought to Know	Omens	I ought to know more than I know
It Ain't the Saint, It's the Sinner (Ten to One)	unreleased	Ten to one
I've Lost a Very Pretty You	Jack Hardy (first album)	Love is an orphan of hate and of sorrow
Jacob Marley and His Wife	unreleased	Jacob Marley and his wife came upon the tree of life
James the Pirate	unreleased
Johnny's Gone	Civil Wars	Nothing's on the level on the reeperbahn
Join the Bourgeoisie	unreleased	You can't get married in corduroy
Kansas	Rye Grass	The cattle drives all had to end
Kathleen	Jack Hardy (first album)	It's not for you that I bring this gift of ransomed smiles
Kitty in the Shoeshine Box	Bandolier	Don't much care if the neighbors they stare
The Knight's Dream	Through	We met as friends, as friends do meet
The Ladies of Cork	Noir	All the ladies of Cork are my friends
Lady-o	White Shoes	The princess had a locket and the locket had a key
The Lady Turned Away	Noir	And the lady turned away, I could not follow after
Landmark	Landmark	It was not such a small town in the ante-bellum north
The Last of the O'Neills	unreleased	Sailing through the black of night
The Laying on of Hands	Live Album (bonus CD)	This time of year, of the cruel months
Least of All Me	Early and Rare	Silver toes dance in the starlight
Letting Go	unreleased
Liberty [#1]	unreleased	Standing tall
Liberty [#2]	unreleased	Red of the sunrise
Little Dove	Rye Grass	And so you fly, little dove
Locked Up in Feelings	The Mirror of My Madness	A leaf blows through my window
London Town	Noir	Little bird that sings, spread your downy wings
Lonely Blue	unreleased	Sky of blue, tried and true
Louise (Paul Siebel)	cover	They all said Louise was not half-bad
Maeve	Folk Brothers: Partners in Crime	Brave the cold as it boldly blows the streets signs
Marlene	The Hunter	Marlene Dietrich and Lily Marlene
Mary's Song	unreleased
May Day	The Nameless One	It's not like Pan to play his flute for those who dance for fun
Meandros	Live Album (bonus CD)	Who would have thought that it would be so
Memory	Omens	And the blackberry still has its thorns
Memphis	Noir	Twenty naked women painted on the ceiling
Middle of the Road	The Mirror of My Madness	Fortunes melt the same as ice
The Moon Is Full	Bandolier	The moon is full; it's just not hungry anymore
Morgan's Dance	The Passing	I wouldn't dream of ever following this trail
Mostly Jeri's Song	Jack Hardy (first album)	They say an unwanted child can only make her mother smile
Murder	The Mirror of My Madness	They say that he is crazy as he walks down the street
My Thoughts Turn to You	Early and Rare	I found an old dusty letter that was filled up with words
The Nameless One	The Nameless One	When the leanhaun shee draw blood for freedom
Nashville Rag	Early and Rare	I been talkin' too much about you
Natural Born Loser (at the Game)	Early and Rare	My pappy once said if you ever end up dead
The Nightmare	Through	At the edge of the flame, where the heat is so clear
Nevada	unreleased	One sidewinding snake tried to cross that road
Night on the Town	The Mirror of My Madness	The wind was blowin'; I could almost see the stars
Night Train to Paris	The Cauldron	All that is open is the window
Nobody Home	Landmark	The wind, it sounds like voice tonight
No Future	Through	The buildings stand empty, yet they still stand
No Man	Through	No man, no man shall travel this land
Now and Then	Rye Grass	Now and then is just the difference between
Now We Are Three	Jack Hardy (first album)	Hours seem so much in view
Of All of the Sorrows	Collected Works	Of all of the sorrows these eyes have seen
Oh, Mama	unreleased
Oh Woman	Omens	Oh, woman, you say you did not know
On a Clear Day	Vigil	On a clear day you can see for miles
One Last Leaf	unreleased	One last leaf clings upon the winter's vine
Only One Sky	Omens	Only one sky, sometimes in blue and sometimes gray
Orphan from Madrid/Guernica	Landmark	I am an orphan from Madrid
Ottomanelli	The Cauldron	Ottomanelli, his wife and two cousins
Out of Control	The Mirror of My Madness	You don't have to run away to join the circus
Paddy and the Chinaman	unreleased	Paddy and the Chinaman worked upon the railroad
Paglia e Fieno	Fast Folk albums	Could you wait? Could you find?
Pardners	unreleased	Climb the highest mountain, hear a lonesome wail
The Passing	The Passing	It was a bird, a petulant bird, that pecked upon the window
Patterns	unreleased	There are patterns on the floor
The Perambulator Factor	unreleased	Caitlin looked out on her four green fields all alone
Ponderosa	Bandolier	Ponderosa and pinyon pine
Poor Man	Coin of the Realm	Lain down on a bed of straw
Porto Limon	The Cauldron	Oh, captain, my captain; oh, who is my captain?
Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man	Live Album (bonus CD)	He's one of those poets marked for death in the dear old Hemingway style
Potter's Field	The Nameless One	Thirty days has September, thirty days in the sun
Pray for Me	Coin of the Realm	Pray for me, she said, on the second of November
Prisoner	Rye Grass	There's a valley filled with poppies
The Promise	Civil Wars	When you're born you make a promise
Rainer	Rye Grass	Rainer crossed the floor, then he opened the door
Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie (Bob Dylan)	cover
Red Wine and Blue	unreleased	In that stage of drunkenness
Resolution	The Mirror of My Madness	Each time I leave this goddamn town
The Roan	Bandolier	Rode into Utah, out of Grand Junction
Rodeo	Bandolier	Somewhere down the road 'tween the treadmarks and the load
Ruins	Live Album (bonus CD)	I have looked at Rome burning through the eyes of the Bronx
Rust Belt Town	unreleased	My pappy grew onions in the black-dirt loam
Rye Grass	Rye Grass	I would not take that road at night
Sail Away Till the Dawn (?)	unreleased	I have looked at Rome burning through the eyes of the Bronx
Saint Clare	Noir	Call on that saint and the candle that burns
Saying Farewell	unreleased	Saying farewell, but for sadness…
Sending Home the Slates	The Tinker's Coin	Only three fields have I
Shark School	unreleased
Síle na gCíoch (Sheila)	Omens	Síle, I brought you a dress I found on the side of the road
Ship of Fools	Live Album (bonus CD)	I had a dream the other night
Sick of Winter	unreleased
Sid and Eddie	unreleased
The Siege	The Cauldron	They are laying the siege
The Silent Bear	unreleased
Silver Penny	Two of Swords	Softly, ever so softly, as you came into the room
The Silver Spoon	The Cauldron	I saw them stand in line; the line went out of view
Singer's Lament	Bandolier	So long, so long, gonna say good-bye
So Far Away	unreleased	Something is missing, something gone astray
Softly Close the Door	unreleased	Softly close the door; turn around and look at me
Song for Dave	Coin of the Realm	Damn bottle comin' back to me
Soundtrack	Rye Grass	A few bad apples rotten to the core
Southwind	Two of Swords	Gone is the four-leaf clover the summer had arranged
The Sparrow	The Nameless One	I used to fancy myself as a sparrow on the wing
Spayed of Moonlight	unreleased	Spayed of moonlight, spayed of trouble
Spring Fever	Live Album (bonus CD)	I am up against winter's wall
Spring Valley	unreleased	Long ago, when I was nineteen, with a girl of my dreams by my side
Stainless Lullaby	Live Album (bonus CD)	Times lost in misery, bent over tables
St. James Infirmary	cover
Stones	unreleased	Every stones has its place
Subway	White Shoes	To be sure I only wanted to go to the Upper West Side
Sunny Side of the Street	unreleased	On the eighteenth day, I gave up the ghost
Swan Song	unreleased	Only the clouds could cry like a swan
Swing Song	Early and Rare	Just an old swing song, just a two-step ragtime blues
The Sword in the Stone	Coin of the Realm	By time the Greyhound pulled into Boston the rain had turned to snow
The Tailor	The Mirror of My Madness	The king's guardsman's greedy
Take It Not to Heart	unreleased
Talk to Me, Babe	Jack Hardy (first album)	Talk to me, babe
Texas Moon	Bandolier	And the moon was full that night
That Close to Crying	The Passing	There's not an ounce of softness left within this weathered heart
That Summer Following the Band	unreleased	So many things run both ways
These Are the Days	unreleased	These are the days we should be together
The Three Ravens	Civil Wars	In the cold dark light of the winter's morning
The Three Sisters	The Nameless One	Three soft green mountains of jaded jewels
Through	Through	She Played the Part of a Virgin
Till the Candle Burns Out	unreleased	Till the candle burns out you don't have to say
The Tinker's Coin	Landmark	Come all ye lads and lasses near
Tobacco Shed	Rye Grass	The Spigot Bar Money-Maker cigars
The Tree of Rhyme	Landmark	I took a tree into the town to see if it would grow
Trees Bear Witness	Two of Swords	Without a sound the closing door
The 12th of July (Gazebo)	unreleased	On the twelfth of July, though no one remembers why
Uley Mill Song	Noir	I left Ireland long ago to work the mills in the Cotswolds
Under the Bridge	White Shoes	I saw her once again today
Urban Lullaby	unreleased	I have tried to rock into my song
The Vicious Circle	The Nameless One	Out plowing his fields alone, a man with his harvest unsown
Victim of the Dawn	The Mirror of My Madness	It's a bitter fruit to swallow for a child who loved her sweets
Walkin' with My Blues	Early and Rare	Walkin' with my blues, baby; you're the only one who's by my side
The War of the Roses	The Cauldron	'Twas a bonnie bunch of roses that my true love gave to me
The Wedding Song	The Hunter	By the stag of seven tines
Síar ón nDaingean (West of Dingle)	Omens	Síar ón nDaingean she took off her rings
The Wharf Song	The Hunter	It's not down by the wharf they look for Jesus
What a Strange Thought	Through	What a strange thought that a life be tied to gold
Faded Old Rose	Bandolier	What is love but a faded old rose…?
Wheelbarrow Johnny	Landmark	Through the hills of Pennsylvane
When Mary Rested on the Rock	No Two Flakes the Same	When Mary rested on the rock in the church beside the road
When the Train Rolls through Town	Coin of the Realm	When the train rolls through town the rumble sets the walls shaking
Where Has Love Gone?	unreleased	Where has love gone? It just was here
Where the River Flows	unreleased	Eastern coal made Pittsburgh steel
White Shoes	White Shoes	Margaret wore white shoes when we first met
Whom Do You Love?	Bandolier	Whom do you love? Whom do you love?
Whose Fault	Fast Folk albums	Whose fault? Oh, none at all
Willie Goggin's Hat	The Passing	Met him on the Killorglin road
Willie Jones	unreleased	Eighteenth of June in the cinderblock walls
Willow	Omens	How the willow weeps; in the wind it sings
Winter Sunlight	Noir	Winter sunlight on a red brick wall
Woman of the Road	White Shoes	Any port in a storm, you've heard it before
The Woman on the Horse	unreleased	The woman on the horse did not want words to this song
Works and Days	The Nameless One	Please don't sing those sad songs of spring
The Worst President Ever	Folk Brothers: Partners in Crime	Stuck in traffic at stop and go speed I like to entertain myself
The Wren	The Cauldron	What could ever drive a man to venture out in all this cold?
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Omens	Yellow-billed cuckoo sittin' on that fence
Yellow Dress	Coin of the Realm	You never look so beautiful as when you're in love
You Don't Have to Sing to Me	Early and Rare	You don't have to sing to me a song of your eyes
You Only Leave Your Heart Once	The Passing	All those people who have pieces of you spread out 'cross the plains
Your Time Is Your Own	Two of Swords	Your time is your own and your own is your time
The Zephyr (Take It Slow)	Civil Wars	Take it slow; take it easy; take it any way you can

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