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23 Jan 01 - 08:16 AM (#380362) Subject: I'll Be Hanged if their Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST,nans@ion.com.au Hi, my names Allen and i'm from Australia. I'm trying to find all the lyrics of the above song title. I don't know what decade it is from but i'm guessing the 30's or 40's. Any other information about it would also be appreciated. Sincerely, Allen. |
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23 Jan 01 - 08:56 AM (#380399) Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME From: GUEST,kendall I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME I was standing by a bank in Arizona Never thought of doing any harm When I turned and saw the Sheriff of the county And he flipped his badge and grabbed me by the arm. He accused me of a robbery 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 You can bet your boots and saddle I'll go free They can go and hang my photo That they took in North Dakota But, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. Wrote a letter to my sweetheart on the seventh Asking her to help me make a prison break She baked a cake and in it put a hacksaw But, she didnt send a knife to cut the cake. repeat chorus I'll be hanged.. I sent money to a friend across the border Asking him to buy a .44 But, he sent me back a gun for shooting water That he purchased in a 5 and 10 cent store. rep. chorus |
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30 Jan 01 - 02:58 PM (#385870) Subject: I'll be hanged From: kendall When I was a boy, I used to sing this song, and recently a catter asked to know more about it. Can someone tell us, Who wrote it? When? Who recorded it? |
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30 Jan 01 - 03:04 PM (#385873) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: mousethief Can you give us a little more to go on? |
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30 Jan 01 - 04:30 PM (#385923) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: Zebedee There's a Lionel Bart song, "I'll be hanged" from the musical 'Twang' recorded in 1965. click here for details. I doubt that's the one you're after... Did you mean the folk song "Hanged I will (shall) be?" Ed |
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30 Jan 01 - 06:04 PM (#386018) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: Stewie I have a recording by a western swing band, the Tune Wranglers, called 'I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me'. It was recorded in San Antonio, Texas, on 24 October 1936 and released as RCA Bluebird 6692. It is reissued on a recent CD: Tune Wranglers 'Tune Wranglers 1936-1938' Krazy Kat KK CD 28. The discography does not indicate who wrote it. Perhaps it is the one you are after. --Stewie. |
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30 Jan 01 - 06:47 PM (#386051) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: GUEST,Les B And there's the old timey song "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" (we sometimes call it the "Plastic Surgeon song") |
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30 Jan 01 - 07:17 PM (#386078) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: kendall Stewie, that sounds like the one. No author eh? |
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30 Jan 01 - 07:44 PM (#386112) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: Zebedee Kendall, A 'thanks to everyone else who tried to help' wouldn't have hurt... |
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30 Jan 01 - 07:58 PM (#386126) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: Stewie Kendall, I've also got the recording on an old Texas Rose LP - 'The Tune Wranglers 1936-38' TXR, but the sleeve gives even less info than the Krazy Kat CD. The only comment, complete with appalling pun, is:
A delightful piece of whimsy is "I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me" sung with resigned "conviction" by Buster Coward. Oddly enough, this tune would turn up in the 1960s on an album by Australian folk singer Rolph Harris! I wonder if Rolph knew he was a folk singer. If you want the lyrics, I can transcribe them for you. It could be an original composition by the band - a delightfully spirited bunch who never got much exposure beyond their home base of San Antonio. --Stewie. |
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31 Jan 01 - 01:23 AM (#386298) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: GUEST,Gene I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me
also recorded by a group known as THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS |
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31 Jan 01 - 06:37 AM (#386366) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: kendall Zebedee, you are right on both counts..I do owe thanks to all who tried, and, if I sang it as a boy, it couldn't have been written in the 60's. |
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01 Dec 09 - 12:38 PM (#2777662) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: Jim Dixon The Tune Wranglers recorded I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME. Their recording is on an album called "1936-1938" (Krazy Kat Records CD #28, 2000). I transcribed this from a sample at Allmusic.com: ...When they asked me if I'd like to go in swimmin', I said no, I'd much prefer to skip the rope. Now for twenty-seven days I've been in prison Just for doing something that I didn't do. I wrote ev'ry friend I had outside of prison "Won't you kindly send a saw and see me through." Now I'll be hanged it they're gonna hang.... The Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries says: I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME w and m Charlie McCarthy, John Redmond and Samy Mysels. New York: Joe Davis, Inc., © Mar. 16, 1936. Indiana University gives this catalog information: Title: I'll be hanged Title: If they're gonna hang me Composer: McCarthy, Charles Composer: Redmond, John Composer: Mysels, Sammy Publisher: Joe Davis, Inc. Place of publication: New York Date of publication: 1936 Call Number: M1 .D48 Box: 195 Item: 028 Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics) First Line: I was standin' by a bank in Arizona, and I never thought Chorus First Line: I'll be hanged, if they're gonna hang me, if they do Genre: Popular song Subject term: Prison/Jail/Convicts/Crime/Jury The Online 78-rpm Discography Project says it was recorded by The Tune Wranglers, 1936 Zora Layman & the Homesteaders, 1937 The Prairie Ramblers with Patsy Montana, 1938 |
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01 Dec 09 - 06:49 PM (#2777996) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: Dave Roberts Rolf Harris did a version of this on the MFP album 'Altogether Now' which I've mentioned before on these pages. From memory, it's very similar to the version Kendall quotes above, but with variations like: 'I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me, I'll be hanged if they'll hang me from a tree; I've got so darned used to livin' Even if I ain't forgiven - I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me... If anyone's interested I could dig the album out and transcribe the full version. |
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01 Dec 09 - 10:26 PM (#2778097) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST,999 Might also be worth trying I'll be Hanged (If They're Going to Hang Me) |
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03 Apr 10 - 06:42 AM (#2878646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST oh please if anyone has this song please wont you post it for download |
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03 Apr 10 - 08:29 PM (#2879092) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: Joe_F Cf. "To Hell? Why, then, I'll be damned if I'll die!" Somewhere in Bierce, but I can't find it at the moment. |
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04 Apr 10 - 10:12 PM (#2879733) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: GUEST,Janell Coker Hello all, Buster Coward was my grandfather. That song was sung of course by him, I'm not sure if he wrote it or not, although he did write many of the songs for the band. It is so nice to see people who still appreciate their music after all these years. God Bless |
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05 Apr 10 - 03:50 PM (#2880178) Subject: RE: Help: I'll be hanged From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Hi, Kendall, Maybe by now you've seen this. It's from the following mudcat thread: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=29896&messages=7 "The Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries says: I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME w and m Charlie McCarthy, John Redmond and Samy Mysels. New York: Joe Davis, Inc., © Mar. 16, 1936." That thread also contains the lyrics. Best wishes, Bob
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21 Jun 14 - 08:21 AM (#3635309) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST,Jak Hi I was just wondering if anyone would be able to help with the chords to this old song 'I'll Be Hanged (If They're Gonna Hang Me) It is most appreciated. Jak |
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21 Jun 14 - 10:33 AM (#3635356) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST,# I'LL BE HANGED IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME (G)I was standing by a bank in Arizona Never thought of doing any (D7)harm When I (G)turned and saw the Sheriff of the (C)county And he (G)flipped his badge and (D)grabbed me by the (G)arm. (G)He accused me of a robbery of a mail train He said I was the leader of a (D7)gang He es(G)corted me before a judge and (C)jury And, the (G)verdict was that (D7)I was gonna (G)hang. (G)But, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me You can bet your boots and saddle I'll go (D&)free They can (G)go and hang my photo That they (C)took in North Dakota But, I'll be (G)hanged if they're (D7)gonna hang (G)me. Once through is all I could take. Chords are mostly accurate. |
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21 Jun 14 - 08:34 PM (#3635469) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me From: GUEST,Jak Thank you for those chords, will have a go at those - for sure. many thanks. Jak |
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06 Jul 14 - 09:04 PM (#3639664) Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL BE HANGED (IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME) From: Jim Dixon I'LL BE HANGED (IF THEY'RE GONNA HANG ME) As sung by Zora and the Hometowners,* on Decca 5460-A, 1937. Well, I'll be dinged! (Yeah!) I'll be danged! (Yeah!) I'll be durned! (Yeah!) I'll be blamed! (Yeah!) I'll be hanged! (Yes! No!) I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. I was standin' by a bank in Arizona, (Arizona) And I never thought of doin' any harm, (any harm) When I turned and saw the sherriff of the county, (heighdy, sherriff) And he flipped his badge and grabbed me by the arm. (by the arm) He accused me as the robber of the mail train, (express) And he said I was the leader of the gang. (of the gang) He escorted me before a judge and jury, (mornin', judge) And the verdict was that I was gonna hang. (gonna hang) But I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. If they do, I'll sue the penitentiary. I may never be forgiven, But I'm so darn used to livin'. I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. When they say I'll swing, they don't mean the swing you sing. Well, they cut my hair and handed me a number, (one to ten) And they offered me a towel and cake o' soap. (cake o' soap) When they asked me if I'd like to go in swimmin', (go in swimmin') I said no, I'd much prefer to skip the rope. (skip it, skip it) Now for twenty-seven days I've been in prison (in the clink) Just for doin' somethin' that I didn't do. (didn't do) I wrote ev'ry friend I had outside the prison: (as follows) "Won't you kindly send a saw and see me through?" (saw me through) But I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. You can bet your boots and saddle I'll go free. They can go and hang my photo That they took in North Dakoto. I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. Oh, I wish I had five minutes head start. Wrote a letter to my sweetheart on the prairie Askin' her to help me make a prison break, So she baked a cake and in it put a hammer, But she didn't send an axe to cut the cake. I sent money to a friend across the border. I instructed him to buy a forty-four, But he sent me back a gun for shootin' water That he purchased at a five-and-ten-cent store. But I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. I'll be hanged if they hang me to a tree. I ain't talkin' like a smarty, But there'll be no neckin' party. I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me. * Transcribed by me from a recording found at Spotify, from the various-artists album "Western Swing Classics, Vol. 4." I believe the band is also known as "Zora Layman & the Homesteaders." Zora was married to Frank Luther. |