Hangtown Halloween Ball

Lyrics:

• My name is Abraham Bell
• I came west in 49
• I came for riches and gold
• Here I met the end of the line


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
• Listen to the wind tonight, you'll hear me calling
• Calling


• My name is Tom Quinn
• It was gamblin' did me in
• The bullets went wild and loose
• They put me in the Hangtown noose


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
• Listen to the wind tonight, you'll hear me calling
• Calling


• My name is Jud McKee
• Two other men and me
• For murder and robbery
• We went swingin' from the old oak tree [A]


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
• Look up in the moon tonight, you'll see me falling [B]
• Fallin'


• Every day's another day to send another on his way
• The Devil's running loose in old Hangtown
• Every day's another day to beg for mercy, kneel and pray
• Before they string you up and drop you down [C]


• Rob each other, Kill each other
• Father Brother Sister Mother
• The Devil's running loose in old Hangtown.
• Everyday's another day to beg for mercy, kneel and pray
• before they string you up and drop you down


• My name is Gideon Black
• I came to get my life back [D]
• But my life here came to no good
• It ended in the hangman's hood


• Here lies old Jack Snow
• A meal for the for the peckin crow [E]


• My name is Elias Cole [F]
• I was tried by a drunken mob
• For a shooting in the Jackal Saloon
• I went swinging by the light of the moon


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
• Look up in the moon tonight
• You'll see me falling, fallin'


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball. gettin full of liquor
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, swingin [dancin] with the ladies
• You'll hear me calling, Calling


• My name is Abraham Bell
• I came west in 49
• I came here full of hope
• I ended in the hangman's rope [G]


• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball. gettin full of liquor
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, swingin [dancin] with the ladies
• Have yourselves a Hangtown ball


• Video of 1st Time Played:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVzed-x5quE


• NOTES:
• [A] initially 'Hangtown tree'
• [B] Listen to the wind tonight, you'll hear me calling
• [C] Before they tie the knot and clamp it down
• [D] I came here to start a new life
• [E] alternatly: Here lies old [my name is old] Jack Snow, a meal for the for the peckin [carrion] crow
• [F] They call me Three Finger Sam
• [G] Ya'll can go to Hell, and there y'll meet Abraham Bell