1. |: The Hangman's rope is so tough and strong, :| they gonna hang me because I done something wrong. 2. |: I want to tell you jury, Lord, a simple story: :| Hang me in the morning, cut me down at night. 3. |: Mean old Hangman when you tighten up that noose, :| Lord above me, I'm trembling in my shoes. 4. |: There're nine more days and then my mind will rest, :| The judge has sentenced me to be hanged till I'm dead. 5. |: Crowd around the Courthouse, time is goin' fast, :| soon a good-for-nothing killer is going to breathe his last. 6. |: Warden, one more time let me blow my breath, :| and a trifling woman thank her for creating my death.
