Hang Knot
Unveiling the Hangknot's Chilling Tale of Justice
Lyrics
Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot?
Reflects on witnessing the act of a hangman tying a hangknot.
Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot?
Repetition, emphasizing the experience of seeing a hangman tie a hangknot.
I've seen it many a time and he winds, he winds,
Describes the hangman winding the knot; repetition adds emphasis.
After thirteen times he's got a hangknot.
After thirteen turns, the hangknot is completed, suggesting a certain ritual or process.
Tell me will that hangknot slip, no it will not,
Poses a question about the stability of the hangknot; asserts it won't slip.
Will that hangknot slip, no it will not.
Reaffirms that the hangknot is secure and won't slip.
Slip around your neck, but it won't slip back again
Specifies that while the knot won't slip off, it won't return if slipped around the neck.
Hangknot, hangknot, that hangknot.
Reiteration and emphasis on the hangknot's significance.
Did you ever lose your father on a hangknot?
Asks if one has experienced losing a father to a hangknot, suggesting personal tragedy.
Did you ever lose your father on a hangknot?
Repeats the question for emphasis.
They hung him from a pole, and they shot him full of holes,
Details the grim fate of the speaker's father, hung and shot, left on the hangknot to decay.
Left him there to rot on that hangknot.
Emphasizes the tragic aftermath of the hanging on the hangknot.
Tell me who makes the laws for that hangknot?
Poses a question about the authority determining the laws regarding hangknots.
Who makes the laws for that hangknot?
Repeats the question, emphasizing the lack of clarity on who makes the laws for hangknots.
Who says who will go to the calaboose?
Raises the issue of deciding who goes to the calaboose (jail) with the hangman's noose.
Get the hangman's noose on a hangknot.
Associates the hangman's noose with the hangknot, suggesting a connection between law and punishment.
I don't know who makes the law for that hangknot.
Expresses uncertainty about the legislative authority concerning the hangknot.
I don't know who makes the law for that hangknot.
Repeats uncertainty regarding the entity responsible for laws related to hangknots.
But the bones of many a men are whistling in the wind,
Evokes an image of the remains of individuals, emphasizing the fatal consequences of legal decisions tied to hangknots.
Just because they tied their laws with a hangknot.
Points out the tragic fate of many, attributing it to laws connected with hangknots.
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