Tim Evans-Judy Collins

[00:00.000] 作词 : Ewan MacColl [00:01.000] 作曲 : Ewan MacColl [00:04.792]Tim Evans was a prisoner within his prison cell [00:09.465]And those who read about his crime they damned his soul to hell [00:14.352]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [00:20.818]For the murder of his own dear wife and the killing of his child [00:25.529]The jury found him guilty and the hanging judge, he smiled [00:30.483]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [00:35.982]Tim Evans pleaded innocent and swore by Him on high [00:40.345]He never killed his own dear wife or caused his child to die [00:45.370]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [00:50.675]They moved him out at 6 o'clock to his final flowery dell [00:55.433]And day and night two guards were there and never left his cell [01:00.485]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [01:05.981]Sometimes they played cards with him - solo and pontoon [01:10.486]To stop him brooding on the rope that was to be his doom [01:15.295]Saying go down you murderer, go down [01:20.619]The governor came in one day with a chaplain by his side [01:24.920]Said "your appeal has been turned down, prepare yourself to die" [01:29.862]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [01:35.495]Tim Evans walked in the prison garden, the guards walked behind [01:41.270]He saw the sky above the wall and knew no peace of mind [01:47.076]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [01:52.574]They fixed the rope around his neck, buckled behind his ears [01:58.603]The prison bell was tolling but Tim Evans did not hear [02:03.088]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [02:08.639]A thousand men were cursing and banging on their doors [02:14.320]But Tim Evans did not hear them, he was deaf for evermore [02:20.061]Saying "go down you murderer, go down" [02:27.019]They sent Tim Evans to the drop for a crime he didn't do [02:32.917]It was Christie was the murderer, the judge and jury too [02:39.983]Saying "go down you murderer, go down"