Gallows tree

Hangman, hangman slack your rope slack it for awhile Think I see my father coming riding many a mile Papa did you bring me silver? Papa did you bring me gold? Did you come to see me hanging by the...

Into our town the hangman came, smelling of gold and blood and flame. He paced our bricks with a different air, and built his frame on the courthouse square. The scaffold stood by the courthouse side,...

The Hangman Maurice Ogden 1951 1. Into our town the Hangman came.  Smelling of gold and blood and flame  and he paced our bricks with a diffident air  and built his frame on the courthouse square The...

Into our town the Hangman came, smelling of gold and blood and flame. And he paced our bricks with a diffident air. And build his frame on the courthouse square. The scaffold stood by the court house...

After the morning there comes an evening And after the evening another day And after a false love there comes a true love I'd have you listen now to what I say I swear my love is the finest young man...

Austere as some neo-con nightmare, armed to the teeth. A Buddhist soaked in gasoline burns in the streets. Tired of the pride of the traditionally minded. Sick of the arrogance of the pragmatic left...

It took a blow to the head And I realized what I Was put on this earth to achieve It showed me the way So make an example of me Hang me up from the tallest tree Make an example of me This is not the...

Rise for the hangman His pleasure is that you should rise He's the judge and the jury At the jester's assize Poor Will on the gallows tree Never a cruel word did say Oh that a good man Should be...