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 laying in the grave
So long poor boy
Been all around this world
I been all around cape girardeau
Parts of Arkansas all around cape girardeau
Parts of Arkansas got so god damn hungry
I could hide behind a straw poor boy
Been all around this world
On the mountain
There I made my stand went up
On the mountain
There I made my stand
Rifle on my shoulder
And a dagger in my hand poor boy
Been all around this world
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 laying in the grave
So long poor boy
Been all around this world
Put the noose around my neck
Hung me up so high
Put the noose around my neck
Hung me up so high
Last words I heard them say
Won't be long now
Fore you die poor boy
I been all around this world
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 laying in the grave so long
Poor boy all around this world