They call me Hanging Johnny,
Ch: Away-i-oh!
They call me Hanging Johnny,
Ch: So hang, boys, hang!
First I hung my mother,
First I hung my mother.
Then I hung my brother,
Then I hung my brother.
A rope, a beam, and a ladder,
A rope, a beam, and a ladder
I'll hang you all together,
I'll hang you all together.
With mock pathos:
They call me Hanging Johnny,
Ch: Away, boys, away
They says I hangs for money.
Ch: Oh hang, boys, hang!
And first I hung my daddy
And first I hung my daddy.
And then I hanged my mother,
My sister and my brother.
And then I hanged my granny,
And then I hanged my granny.
And then I hanged my Annie;
I hanged her up see canny
We'll hang and haul together;
We'll haul for better weather.