Surreysinger said:


Incidentally, I'd always thought that the start of the second line in the third verse was "Four strong nails" (eg for wrists and ankles) ..

If you look at the gospels, I think you'll not find any reference to nails in the feet or ankles. At least I'm not aware of any such.

And of course many people think of nails through the palms of the hands, but that was not the crucifixion method. The hands are constructed such that a man's weight on nails through the palms would, in most instance at least, tear out. The nails went through at the distal end of the forearm.

The lyrics are rather confusing in that they seem to refer to the victim being hanged with a rope, and falling when the rope rotted, which is not consistent with being nailed in place.

Dave Oesterreich