hang me oh hang me i ll be dead and gone hang me oh hang me i ll be dead and gone wouldn t mind the hanging but the layin in a grave so long poor boy i been all around this world i been all round cape girardeau parts of arkansas all around cape girardeau parts of arkansas got so god damn hungry i could hide behind a straw poor boy i been all around this world went up on a mountain there i made my stand went up on a mountain there i made my stand rifle on my shoulder and a dagger in my hand poor boy i been all around this world so hang me oh hang me i ll be dead and gone hang me oh hang me and i ll be dead and gone i wouldn t mind the hanging but the layin in the grave so long poor boy i been all around this world put the rope around my neck and hung me up so high put the rope around my neck hung me up so high last words i heard em say won t be long now fore you die poor boy i been all around this world so hang me oh hang me i ll be dead and gone hang me oh hang me i ll be dead and gone i wouldn t mind the hanging but the layin in a grave so long poor boy i been all around this world