Hung by the High Gallows Tree

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For tend us well and hear this song,

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This song that we are singin’

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About this humble carpenter

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And how he got to swingin’.


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He were well known from County Dunn
From noble men to fool.
And though his skill were lackin’ much,
He possessed a mighty tool.

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Oh, whip shelerry, hang shelerry,
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Flop de-diddle-dee,
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Well hung by the gallows tree, me boys,
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Well hung by the high gallows tree.

With the ladies he were favored,
To them he were quite dear,
And when his sentence, it came down,
Each lass did shed a tear.

For Sheriff John did witness this,
The crime for which he swings,
For any man would kill the one,
Who pounds where he but pinked.

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And all the lasses of County Dunn,
Where there that fateful morn’
To pay a tearful faretheewell,
To the county’s favorite thorn.

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The horse did bray,
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The rope went taut,
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The carpenter did hang,
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And all the men of County Dunn
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With glee this song they sang!

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