The Hangman's Rope
There was once a lady
Known simply as Sadie
Who sang a sad and mournful tune
She never was cheerful
Sang songs that were tearful
At the old Bordertown Saloon
She once loved a young man
Who became a hung man
When he strayed outside of the law
He shot a bank teller
A handsome young feller
It beat all that we ever saw
He was buried they say
In six feet of red clay
Sadie visited each Sunday
But then she up and left
She stopped being bereft
Just fell in love on a Monday
She married the hangman
And that's what she sang, man,
Just the thought had given her hope
Forever she would be
For she had bedded he
The right end of the hangman's rope.
4-16-2020
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