Luyện nghe bài hát The Hangman and the Papist

The village square stands
The still enforced
The streets are even clear of dogs and

some evil bird of prey
The spreads its wings
The build their fires and bolt their doors

The mayor is giving to the officers wives
His son is learning how to fawn
The barrack is hushed and tense
The soldiers lots
Who be the hangman in the dawn?

The lot on a young man
Who has for but a year
His home is in the village nearby

He at the thought of what
Hes to do next day
He wonders who it is, who has to

And the full moon a cold light
On the prison walls
The papist his cell, he cannot sleep

He hears the gallows creaking
beyond that door
He for he has no more tears to weep

The day to break
A muffled drums begins to
A crowd begins to gather in the
The presence of the hangman in his terrifying

Weighs heavy on the of all those there
The reads the sentence
Which the papist by heart

He has failed to show to the King
His crime is with God himself
And in His name he must
The papist, head held high, says not a

The binds his hands
And puts his to his eyes
He leads him the door before the crowd
The hangman his victim

And the blood drains his face
He sees his younger brother standing
The hangman to protest
But is to proceed

His hands begin to take the strain
His eyes are blind with streaming
And he cries for all to

me, God, we hang him in Thy name
Forgive me, God, we hang him in Thy
Forgive me, God, we him in Thy name
Oh, please me, God, we hang him in Thy name
Forgive me, God, we him in Thy name