Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics

Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics

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Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics

Send "Part Xi The Hanging Song" Ringtone to your Cell Wake up John, it`s time to go Come along John and don`t be slow Come along John, don`t be slow Wake up John, it`s time to go Wake up John, it`s time to go A priest joins the procession just to help me kneel With a warder at my elbow and another at my heel Marching in the morning down a path I`ve lately seen I was sleeping in this garden, am I still within my dream? The echo of my heartbeat is the beating of a drum And all the earth is singing with life`s sweet hum We filed in solemn silence, shuffled through a door The place where life is taken for the letter of the law (Chorus) Shake the holy water, summon up the guard Dying`s very easy, waiting`s very hard A rope was hanging from the roof, a sight which puzzles me I thought a gibbet and a guard would make a gallows tree But now all is revealed, stamped there is the command My feet are on the trapdoor with a rope around my hand And now the executioner is shaking hands with me `My duty I must carry out, you poor fellow,` says he A strap is tied around my feet and a bag upon my head And then the noose which separates the living from the dead (Chorus) There he whispers to me `Have you anything to say?` My mouth is dry, my throat is tight, I answer `Drop away` Silence now surrounds me, my heart is beating on The trapdoor hardly moves at all, my life is still my own They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still bound While a carpenter is called for and an explanation found `The rain has warped the timbers,` I hear the hangman say `It`s funny but it worked well, I tried it yesterday` `All is mended now,` they say, `your ordeal`s nearly over Your life`s as good as ended,` but I hear their voices waver Once more the ?board is shaked? and again I hang in limbo While the guards jump on the trapdoor and my body stands on tip-toe (Chorus) They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still ties A warder holds onto the noose, the trapdoor opens wide Is it magic or coincidence that keeps me on the brink? It seems to work without me, `Will it kill me now?` I think `Please, I`m tired of living and I really want to die` I was taken to the scaffold and I heard the hangman cry `Lee, I`m truly sorry, forgive these hands of mine` He drew the bolt and I felt the jolt the third and final time My life was spared that morning `cos it wasn`t theirs to take Three`s the ?boat? the law requires, a man could feel the stake (Repeat chorus Send " Part Xi The Hanging Song" Ringtone to your Cell Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics @ ELyrics | Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics @ Kovideo | Fairport Convention Lyrics and Video @ MusicBabylon | Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics @ Songlyrics | Part Xi The Hanging Song lyrics @ ELyricsWorld

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