Lyrics & music by Simon Nicol. Recorded 1 February 1975 for the television programme "The Man They Could Not Hang".
In memory of Dave Swarbrick.
www.mattmcginn.info [email protected] There was an old hangman in Exeter and a fine old hangman was he , he had hanged a thousand or more, but he couldn't hang John Lee.
Some times in poetry it is hard to decipher what the poet is really saying. With some knowledge of church history and my researching on the net, I submit briefly what I believe Richard Thompson...
Fairport Convention The Hanging Song OGWT, 1972.