ahhh Mr Fox - one of me favourite songs - enjoy

Pete

The Hanged Man
(Bob Pegg)

When I was a young man I used to dress so neat
Many hearts beat faster as I walked down the street
Now that I am older the women have had their fill
Till the only heart that beat was mine as I walked down the hill

Walk in the valley that never saw the sun
Step by the stones where the icy waters run
Stand in a church where the village choir once sang
And stroll along the pathway where the dead man used to hang

You take the road the road you took before
The one by the rocks where the river leaves moor
And I will take the road where the hill and forest meet
Where fallen flowers hide the stones that wait to trip your feet

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The trees of the forest the rocks all around
Saw me swing my haversack as I raced gaily down
The badger in the bushes the fox in his lair
Heard me give a whoop and cry as I fell through the air

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Waking in the forest beneath the spreading pine
I saw my body hanging like a shirt upon a line
Vines grew up my fingers where they had come to rest
And in my open mouth the wild beasts came to make their nests

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Many ages later the village people came
Cut me from my resting place and tied up my remains
In an old sheep blanket they bore me down the hill
My corpse is in some far off grave but I remain here still