My coffin is built and I'm ready to go
Take me on parade down that long dirt road
Displayed for the crowd's enjoyment!
Poor I shall die just as poor
As I was born and I've never known
Any comforts back home
And I've suffered the worst of employment
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
They take me there in the morning
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
The hangman's noose is calling
So a thief I became, as my story goes
As a Highway Man
I worked the old back roads
That all seem to lead, down to Dublin
I knew that one day, I'd be caught I suppose
But when you strip a rich man down
Take away his fancy clothes
Then all the risks seem worth taking
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
They take me there in the morning
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
The hangman's noose is calling
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
They take me there in the morning
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
The hangman's noose is calling
Now a guest in King's Gaol,
Here I sit and wait
And my one regret, I think that I can name
Is that I didn't start robbing Rich Man sooner!
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
They take me there in the morning
I'm to go to Stephen's Green
The hangman's noose is calling

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