Luyện nghe bài hát The Hangman and the Papist

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

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

The mayor is giving dinner to the officers
His eldest son is how to fawn
The barrack block is and tense
The soldiers lots
Who will be the hangman in the

The lot falls on a man
Who has served for but a
His is in the village close nearby

He shivers at the of what
Hes to do next day
He who it is, who has to die?

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

He hears the gallows creaking
Just that door
He prays for he has no more tears to

The day to break
A muffled drums to sound
A crowd to gather in the square
The presence of the hangman in his mask

heavy on the minds of all those there
The colonel the sentence
the papist knows by heart

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

The binds his hands
And his blindfold to his eyes
He leads him through the door the crowd
The sees his victim

And the drains from his face
He his younger brother standing proud
The tries to protest
But is ordered to

His trembling begin to take the strain
His eyes are blind streaming tears
And he cries for all to

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