Standard (EADGBE)
Wont you rise for the hangman, his pleasure is that you should rise
Hes the judge and the jury at the jesters assize
Poor Will on the gallows tree never a cruel word did say
Oh that a young man should be treated this way
Chorus
Run to me mother of anyones child and tell me the revelry planned
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law, his show is the best in the land
Heres a toast to the Jolly Hangman, hell hang you the best that he can
Heres a toast to the Jolly
Instrumental
No purse for a champion, no true love come over the stile
The debt of a poor man, hell pay in awhile
Poor ladies, poor gentleman, born of a sorry degree
Will you laugh for the hangman when he comes for his fee?