Stan Ridgway Hanging Johnny Lyrics

They call me hanging Johnny,
yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
hang, boys, hang
Well first I hanged your mother
away-hay-i-o
Me sister and me brother
hang, boys, hang
I'd hang to make things jolly
yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang all wrong and folly
hang, boys, hang
A rope, a beam, a ladder,
I'll hang ye all together
Well next I hanged me granny
I'd hang the wholly family
They call me hanging Johnny,
yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
hang, boys, hang
hang, boys, hang
yay-hay-i-o
hang, boys, hang
Come hang, come haul together,
Come hang for finer weather,
Hang on from the yardarm
Hang the sea and buy a big farm
They call me hanging Johnny,
yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
hang, boys, hang
I'd hang the mates and skippers,
yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang 'em by their flippers
hang, boys, hang
I'd hang the highway robber,
yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang the burglar jobber;
hang, boys, hang
I'd hang a noted liar,
yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang a bloated friar;
hang, boys, hang
They say I hung a copper,
yay-hay-i-o
I gave him the long dropper
hang, boys, hang