《The Hangman And The Papist》歌词

[00:00:00] The Hangman And The Papist - The Strawbs

[00:00:45] The village square stands quiet

[00:00:47] The curfew still enforced

[00:00:50] The streets are even clear of dogs and whores

[00:00:56] Like some evil bird of prey

[00:00:59] The scaffold spreads its wings

[00:01:01] The people build their fires and bolt their doors

[00:01:07] The mayor is giving dinner to the officers' wives

[00:01:13] His eldest son is learning how to fawn

[00:01:18] The barrack block is hushed and tense

[00:01:21] The soldiers drawing lots

[00:01:24] Who will be the hangman in the dawn

[00:01:33] The lot falls on a young man

[00:01:35] Who has served for but a year

[00:01:38] His home is in the village close nearby

[00:01:44] He shivers at the thought of what

[00:01:47] He's forced to do next day

[00:01:50] He wonders who it is who has to die

[00:01:55] And the full moon casts a cold light

[00:01:58] On the gloomy prison walls

[00:02:01] The papist walks his cell he cannot sleep

[00:02:06] He hears the waiting gallows creaking

[00:02:09] Just beyond that door

[00:02:12] He prays for he has no more tears to weep

[00:02:21] The day begins to break

[00:02:23] A muffled drums begins to sound

[00:02:26] A crowd begins to gather in the square

[00:02:32] The presence of the hangman in his terrifying mask

[00:02:37] Weighs heavy on the minds of all those there

[00:02:43] The colonel reads the sentence

[00:02:46] Which the papist knows by heart

[00:02:48] He has failed to show allegiance to the King

[00:02:54] His crime is thus with God himself

[00:02:57] And in His name he must hang

[00:03:00] The papist head held high says not a thing

[00:03:08] The jailer binds his hands

[00:03:10] And puts his blindfold to his eyes

[00:03:13] He leads him through the door before the crowd

[00:03:19] The hangman sees his victim

[00:03:22] And the blood drains from his face

[00:03:25] He sees his younger brother standing proud

[00:03:30] The hangman tries to protest

[00:03:33] But is ordered to proceed

[00:03:36] His trembling hands begin to take the strain

[00:03:41] His eyes are blind with streaming tears

[00:03:44] And he cries for all to hear

[00:03:47] Forgive me God we hang him in Thy name

[00:03:52] Forgive me God we hang him in Thy name

[00:03:58] Forgive me God we hang him in Thy name

[00:04:03] Forgive me God we hang him in Thy name