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Hanging Me at Dawn

from Spring Tide by The Shipbuilders

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lyrics

Oh kind maid, I know it has been a while
since your eyes and lips last met with mine
But I’m writing to tell you my time it ain’t long
The law of the land has deemed me to have done wrong

Rather than behind bars I’ll be hanging from a noose
So my old companion is on his way to cut me loose
But if he and his mule, they don’t arrive on time
this may be the last you hear from this heart of mine

Oh kind maid, I don’t wish to make you weep
But I may not be of this Earth once you rise from your sleep
Oh Rosalita, what will become of me?
They’re hanging me at dawn and it’s for the love of thee

If there is no note tied up to your gate
By the time the cock crows, well it’ll be too late
I’ll be swinging from a tree, I’ll be hanging from a branch
My resting place will be the old feudal ranch

If that be the case then please go back to the farm
Set the cattle free, set fire to the barn
Take all my belongings and throw them in the lake
So when they arrive, there’s nothing left to take

Oh kind maid, I don’t wish to make you weep
But I may not be of this Earth once you rise from your sleep
Oh Rosalita, what will become of me?
They’re hanging me at dawn and it’s for the love of thee

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from Spring Tide, released May 6, 2022

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