JOHN THE HANGMAN

TEXT UND MUSIK: MICHAEL M. JUNG

 

WHEN JOHN THE HANGMAN WENT TO TOWN

ALL THE LASSIES BEEN AROUND

COS‘ HE LOOKED GREAT AND HE GOT STYLE

AND HE‘S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG LONG WHILE

 

SUZIE FISHER LIVED FOR JOHN

BUT SHE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE

MARTHA CATHY ROSE AND LYNN

TRIED TO CATCH HIS GRIN

 

BUT JOHN THE HANGMAN STILL

ONLY COMES TO KILL

AND THAN HE‘S GONE

 

AND THAN HE WENT TO NOTTINGHAM

AND SUZIE FISHER FOLLOWED HIM

SHE‘S STILL IN LOVE WITH OLD BIG JOHN

EVEN IF SHE‘S GOT TO RUN

 

JOHN THE HANGMAN DID HIS JOB

BUT THAN HE SAW THE ANGRY MOB

COS‘ THEY DONT WANT TO SEE THIS MAN

HANGING AT THE TAN

 

 

SUZIE FISHER TOOK HIS HAND

AND THEY RAN TO WONDERLAND

AND JOHN THE HANGMAN SETTLED DOWN

COWS AND SHEEP AND PIGS AROUND

 

SUZIE FISHER SMILED AND DIED

BUT JOHN THE HANGMAN NEVER CRIED

COS‘ HE WAS SICK OF ALL THAT LIFE

AND EVEN OF HIS WIFE