Let Him Dangle

[Verse 1]

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 thing

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Verse 2]

Bentley 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 murder

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Verse 3]

They 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 said

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Bridge]

Well it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed

(String him up)

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

(String him up)

If killing anybody is a terrible crime

(String him up)

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time?

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Verse 4]

Not 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 weight

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Bridge]

Well it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed

(String him up)

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

(String him up)

If killing anybody is a terrible crime

(String him up)

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time?

(String him up)

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

[Verse 5]

From 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 back

[Chorus]

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

Let him dangle

Let him dangle

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

[Outro]

String him up

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

String him up

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo

String him up

Doo-doot, doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot doo