Let Him Dangle

Let him dangle
Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time
Let him dangle
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
So the police took Bentley and the very next thing
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
Whenever those swine are under attack
Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time
Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed

Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead
Let him dangle
When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request
Well, what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed
When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange
Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word
It won't bring him back
The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder
(String him up)
Let him dangle
Let him dangle

When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange

Let him dangle
Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest

Let him dangle
Not many people thought that Bentley would hang
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
They say, Derek Bentley was easily led
Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
Bring "Back the noose" is always heard
(String him up)
But it won't make you even
Let him dangle
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
Let him dangle
Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed

Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
But the word never came, the phone never rang

Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing

Let him dangle
From a welfare state to society murder
Let him dangle
As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight