Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world I've been working for John Henry, he's a (?) young man (?) I've been working for John Henry, he's a (?) young man (?) I've been working all that (?) with (?) to my knees Load up, been all around this world (C'mon) Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world (?), you better open up that door I say (?), you better open that door If you don't open up that door, I'll comin' with my .44 Load up, been all around this world (Yeah) Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world I wed upon that mountain and that's where I made my son I wed upon that mountain and that's where I made my son I got a brother (?) in my hand Load up, been all around this world (C'mon) Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world I've travelled to Virginia, with the woman on my mind I've travelled to Virginia, with the woman on my mind I had a woman all along and she's no longer mine Load up, been all around this world Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world Oh, wagon's going to hell, the reverend got (?) blues He's going to hell, the reverend got (?) blues On my (?) just standing here, so I'm running after you Load up, been all around this world (C'mon) Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead n' gone It's not the hanging that I mind, it's sitting in jail so long Load up, been all around this world