title: Hung by the High Gallows Treekey: Celticharp type: Chromaticgenre: Anyskill: Any4 4 4 -3 4 3 4 4For tend us well and hear this song,5 6 6 6 -5 6This song that we are singin’-5 -5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -5About this humble carpenter4 4 4 5 -4 4 -4And how he got to swingin’. (same tab as above)He were well known from County DunnFrom noble men to fool.And though his skill were lackin’ much,He possessed a mighty tool.(Chorus) 5 -5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -4 4Oh, whip shelerry, hang shelerry,-5 -5 6 -6 6Flop de-diddle-dee,-5 -5 -5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -4Well hung by the gallows tree, me boys,4 4 4 -4 5 -5 5 -5Well hung by the high gallows tree.With the ladies he were favored,To them he were quite dear,And when his sentence, it came down,Each lass did shed a tear.For Sheriff John did witness this,The crime for which he swings,For any man would kill the one,Who pounds where he but pinked.(Chorus)And all the lasses of County Dunn,Where there that fateful morn’To pay a tearful faretheewell,To the county’s favorite thorn.4 4 4 -3The horse did bray,4 3 3 4The rope went taut,5 6 6 6 -5 6The carpenter did hang,4 -5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -4And all the men of County Dunn3 4 4 5 -4 4With glee this song they sang!(chorus 2x)