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Thread #32010   Message #3584917
Posted By: Jim Dixon
17-Dec-13 - 10:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Hang Me Oh Hang Me
Subject: Lyr Add: HANG ME, OH, HANG ME (from Sam Hinton)
My transcription from Spotify:

HANG ME, OH, HANG ME
As sung by Sam Hinton on "Sam Hinton Sings the Song of Men" (Smithsonian Folkways, 1961)

Hang me, oh, hang me until I'm dead and gone.
Hang me, oh, hang me until I'm dead and gone.
I don't mind your hangin' me; it's layin' in the grave so long.
God knows, I been all around this world.

I been all around Cape Jerdo* and parts of Arkansas.
I been all around Cape Jerdo and through parts of Arkansas.
Got so awful hungry I couldn't work my under-jaw.
God knows, I been all around this world.

Went up on Greenwood Mountain, there to take my stand,
Up on Greenwood Mountain, there to take my stand.
A rifle over my shoulder, had my six-gun in my hand.
God knows, I been all around this world.

My pappy was a gambler; he taught me how to play.
Pappy was a gambler an' he taught me how to play.
Said, "Son, don't you never go a-beggin' when you hold the ace and the trey."
God knows, I been all around this world.

They put the rope around my neck and hung me very high,
Put the rope around my neck and hung me very high.
Very last words that I heard 'em say was "It won't be long till you die.
Poor boy, he's been all around this world."

* Cape Girardeau, MO