Verse
G# C#
My name is Donald White, you see
D#7 G#
I stand before you all
G# C# G#
I was judged by you a murderer
D#7
And the hangman’s knot must fall
G# C# G#
I will die upon the gallows pole
C#
When the moon is shining clear
G# C#
And these are my final words
D#7 G#
That you will ever hear
[Verse 2]
G# C#
If I had some education
D#7 G#
To give me a decent start
G# C# G#
I might have been a doctor or
G# D#7
F master in the arts
G# C# G#
But I used my hands for stealing
C#
When I was very young
G# C#
And they locked me down in jailhouse cells
D#7 G#
That’s how my life begun
[Verse 3]
G# C#
Oh, the inmates and the prisoners
D#7 G#
I found they were my kind
G# C# G#
It was there inside the bars
G# D#7
I found my peace of mind
G# C# G#
But the jails they were too crowded
G# C#
Institutions overflowed
G# C#
So they turned me loose to walk upon
D#7 G#
Life’s hurried tangled road
[Verse 4]
G# C#
And there’s danger on the ocean
D#7 G#
Where the salt sea waves split high
G# C# G#
And there’s danger on the battlefield
G# D#7
Where the shells of bullets fly
G# C# G#
And there’s danger in this open world
G# C#
Where men fight to be free
G# C#
And for me the greatest danger
D#7 G#
Was in society
[Verse 5]
G# C#
So I asked them to send me back
D#7 G#
To the institution home
G# C# G#
But they said they were too crowded
G# D#7
For me they had no room
G# C# G#
I got down on my knees and begged
G# C#
“Oh, please put me away”
G# C#
But they would not listen to my plea
D#7 G#
Or nothing I would say
[Verse 6]
G# C#
And so it was on Christmas Eve
D#7 G#
In the year of ’59
G# C# G#
It was on that night I killed a man
G# D#7
I did not try to hide
G# C# G#
The jury found me guilty
G# C#
And I won’t disagree
G# C#
For I knew that it would happen
D#7 G#
If I wasn’t put away
[Verse 7]
G# C#
But I’m glad I’ve had no parents
D#7 G#
To care for me or cry
G# C# G#
For now they will never know
G# D#7
The horrible death that I die
G# C# G#
And I’m also glad I’ve had no friends
G# C#
To see me in disgrace
G# C#
For they’ll never see that hangman’s hood
D#7 G#
Wrap around my face
[Verse 8]
G# C#
Farewell unto the old north woods
D#7 G#
Of which I used to roam
G# C# G#
Farewell unto the crowded bars
G# D#7
Of which’ve been my home
G# C# G#
Farewell to all you people
G# C#
Who think the worst of me
G# C#
I guess you’ll feel much better when
D#7 G#
I’m on that hanging tree
[Verse 9]
G# C#
But there’s just one more question
D#7 G#
Before they kill me dead
G# C# G#
I’m wondering just how much
G# D#7
To you I really said
G# C# G#
Concerning all the boys that walk
G# C#
F road just like me
G# C#
Are they enemies or victims
D#7 G#
Of your society?
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