Let Him Dangle

Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it Chris"

They still don't know today just what he meant by this

Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing

So the police took Bentley and the very next thingLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangleBentley had surrendered, he was under arrest

When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request

Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word

The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murderLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangleThey say, Derek Bentley was easily led

Well, what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed

Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead

The gallows were for Bentley and still she never saidLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangleWell, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed

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

If killing anybody is a terrible crime

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to timeLet him dangleNot many people thought that Bentley would hang

But the word never came, the phone never rang

Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate

As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weightLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangleWell, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed

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

If killing anybody is a terrible crime

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to timeLet him dangleFrom a welfare state to society murder

Bring "Back the noose" is always heard

Whenever those swine are under attack

But it won't make you even

It won't bring him backLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangleLet him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Let him dangle(String him up)

(String him up)

(String him up)