Well I’m hanging from this bloody tree - 40 days a rotting
‘Cause I let the judge get hold of me - 40 days a rotting
Did I do it never mind, that’s not the point I’m trying to find
Don’t ask me if I’m free of crime, can’t you see me swing

Living as a highway man - 40 days a rotting
Earning anyway I can - 40 days a rotting
Robbing mostly sometimes death
I’ll take their money or I’ll have their breath
On the king’s highway I ride, sword and pistol by my side

40 days a rotting - I don’t look so good
40 days a rotting - dangling from this wood

As the crows pick out my eyes - 40 days a rotting
Pray spare a thought as you go by - 40 days a rotting
As the weather rots my bones
I’ll swing from this tree alone
Don’t you dare feel pity for me

40 days a rotting - I don’t look so good

Well I’m swinging from this bastard gib - 40 days a rotting
I wouldn’t change the way I lived - 40 days a rotting
It was a jolly live I led I’ll sleep happy now I’m dead
Wish I could have carried on but don’t forget this song

40 days a rotting