Lyrics
Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
I been all around this world.
I been all 'round cape Gigardeau
Parts of Arkansas.
All around cape Giradeau
Parts of Arkansas.
Got so god damn hungry
I could hide behind a straw, poor boy
I been all around this world.
Went up on a mountain
There I made my stand.
Went up on a mountain
There I made my stand.
Rifle on my shoulder
And a dagger in my hand, poor boy
I been all around this world.
So hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
And I'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
I been all around this world.
Put the rope around my neck
And hung me up so high.
Put the rope around my neck
Hung me up so high.
Last words I heard 'em say, won't be long now for you die, poor boy
I been all around this world.
So hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh hang me
I'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind the hanging
But the layin' in a grave, poor boy
I been all around this world.
