Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman, artist - Fairport Convention.
Date of issue: 30.06.1970
Song language: English
Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman |
Won’t you rise for the hangman |
His pleasure is that you should rise |
He’s the judge and the jury |
At the jester’s assize |
Poor Will on the gallows tree |
Never a cruel word did say |
Oh that a young man |
Should be treated this way |
Run to me mother of anyone’s child |
And tell me the revelry planned |
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law |
His show is the best in the land |
Here’s a toast to the Jolly Hangman |
He’ll hang you the best that he can |
Here’s a toast to the Jolly |
No purse for a champion |
No true love come over the stile |
The debt of a poor man |
He’ll pay in awhile |
Poor ladies, poor gentleman |
Born of a sorry degree |
Will you laugh for the hangman |
When he comes for his fee? |
Run to me mother of anyone’s child |
And tell me the revelry planned |
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law |
His show is the best in the land |
Here’s a toast to the Jolly Hangman |
He’ll hang you the best that he can |
Here’s a toast to the Jolly |
Rise for the hangman |
His pleasure is that you should rise |
He’s the judge and the jury |
At the jester’s assize |