They call me hanging Johnny
Yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
Hang, boys, hang

Well first I hanged your mother
Away-hay-i-o
Me sister and me brother
Hang, boys, hang

I’d hang to make things jolly
Yay-hay-i-o
I’d hang all wrong and folly
Hang, boys, hang

A rope, a beam, a ladder
I'll hang ye all together
Well next I hanged me granny
I’d hang the wholly family

They call me hanging Johnny
Yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
Hang, boys, hang
Hang, boys, hang
Yay-hay-i-o
Hang, boys, hang
Come hang, come haul together
Come hang for finer weather
Hang on from the yardarm
Hang the sea and buy a big farm

They call me hanging Johnny
Yay-hay-i-o
I never hanged nobody
Hang, boys, hang

I'd hang the mates and skippers
Yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang 'em by their flippers
Hang, boys, hang

I'd hang the highway robber
Yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang the burglar jobber;
Hang, boys, hang

I'd hang a noted liar
Yay-hay-i-o
I'd hang a bloated friar;
Hang, boys, hang

They say I hung a copper
Yay-hay-i-o
I gave him the long dropper
Hang, boys, hang