Standard (EADGBE)

 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

Chorus

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

Instrumental

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?

Chorus