Tex Morton - I'll Be Hanged (If They're GonnaHang Me) lyrics

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I was standing by a bank in Arizona,

I hadnt thought of doing any harm,

When along came the Sheriff of the county,

He flicked his badge and grabbed me by the arm.

He said I was the robber of a mail train,

He said I was the leader of a gang,

He escorted me before a judge and jury,

And the verdict was that I was gonna hang.

But, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me, (No Sir!)

I'll be hanged if theyll hang me to a tree,

Now I may not be forgiven,

But I'm sorted used to livin,

I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me.

Oh they cut my hair and handed me a number,

They handed me a towel and cake of soap,

They asked me if I'd like to go to swimmin'

I said, "No I'd much prefer to skip the rope."

Twenty seven days Ive been in prison,

For doing something that I didn't do,

Wrote all the friends I have outside of prison

"Won't you please send a saw and see me through."

Oh, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me

If they do Ill sue the penitentiary,

They can go and hang my boulder,

They took in North Dakota,

I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me.

Wrote a letter to friend out in Chicago,

I asked him if he's send a .44,

By mistake he sent a gun for shooting water,

Now I'm in worse trouble than I was before.

So I wrote out to my sweetheart on the prairie,

I asked her if she'd help me make a break,

She sent a cake and put inside a hammer,

She forgot to send an axe to break the cake.

Oh I'll be hanged if they gonna hang me,

I'll be hanged if theyll hang me to a tree,

I'm not talking like a smartie,

But there'll be no neckin party,

I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me.

[From his album: "Regal Zonophone Collection" Vol.2

Transcribed: Marten Busstra 2010]