| Hang me, oh hang me
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| I’ll be dead and gone
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| Hang me, oh hang me
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| I’ll be dead and gone
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| Wouldn’t mind the hanging
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| But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
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| I been all around this world
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| I been all 'round Cape Girardeau
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| Parts of Arkansas
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| All around Cape Girardeau
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| Parts of Arkansas
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| Got so god damn hungry
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| I could hide behind a straw, poor boy
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| I been all around this world
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| Went up on a mountain
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| There I made my stand
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| Went up on a mountain
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| There I made my stand
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| Rifle on my shoulder
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| And a dagger in my hand, poor boy
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| I been all around this world
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| So hang me, oh hang me
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| I’ll be dead and gone
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| Hang me, oh hang me
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| And I’ll be dead and gone
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| I wouldn’t mind the hanging
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| But the layin' in the grave so long, poor boy
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| I been all around this world
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| Put the rope around my neck
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| And hung me up so high
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| Put the rope around my neck
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| Hung me up so high
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| Last words I heard 'em say
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| Won’t be long now 'fore you die, poor boy
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| I been all around this world
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| So hang me, oh hang me
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| I’ll be dead and gone
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| Hang me, oh hang me
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| I’ll be dead and gone
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| I wouldn’t mind the hanging
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| But the layin' in a grave so long, poor boy
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| I been all around this world |