Let him dangle
But the word never came, the phone never rang
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange
Bring "Back the noose" is always heard
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Let him dangle
The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said
Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time
Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate
Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word
Well, what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed
Let him dangle
But it won't make you even
Let him dangle
From a welfare state to society murder
When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange
Let him dangle
So the police took Bentley and the very next thing
(String him up)

Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Let him dangle

As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight
Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time

Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest
Let him dangle
(String him up)
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
Let him dangle
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
Let him dangle

Let him dangle
It won't bring him back

Whenever those swine are under attack
Not many people thought that Bentley would hang
Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed

(String him up)
Let him dangle
Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing

They say, Derek Bentley was easily led

Let him dangle
Let him dangle
Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed
When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request
Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead