Let Him Dangle

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[00:01.02] Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it Chris" [00:04.08] They still don't know today just what he meant by this [00:09.03] Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing [00:13.08] So the police took Bentley and the very next thing [00:17.15] Let him dangle [00:19.23] Let him dangle [00:22.27] Let him dangle [00:27.37] Let him dangle [00:34.35] Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest [00:38.36] When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request [00:43.46] Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word [00:47.55] The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder [00:51.56] Let him dangle [00:52.62] Let him dangle [00:59.79] Let him dangle [01:01.73] Let him dangle [01:08.85] They say, Derek Bentley was easily led [01:12.84] Well, what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed [01:16.98] Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead [01:21.04] The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said [01:25.12] Let him dangle [01:27.24] Let him dangle [01:33.20] Let him dangle [01:35.38] Let him dangle [01:42.47] Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed [01:46.42] When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange [01:50.43] If killing anybody is a terrible crime [01:54.52] Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time [02:00.61] Let him dangle [02:07.79] Not many people thought that Bentley would hang [02:11.81] But the word never came, the phone never rang [02:15.94] Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate [02:20.07] As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight [02:24.05] Let him dangle [02:26.02] Let him dangle [02:33.22] Let him dangle [02:35.38] Let him dangle [02:42.39] Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed [02:45.40] When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange [02:50.53] If killing anybody is a terrible crime [02:53.66] Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time [03:00.76] Let him dangle [03:15.89] From a welfare state to society murder [03:19.82] Bring "Back the noose" is always heard [03:23.98] Whenever those swine are under attack [03:28.98] But it won't make you even [03:31.06] It won't bring him back [03:32.13] Let him dangle [03:34.23] Let him dangle [03:40.34] Let him dangle [03:42.47] Let him dangle [03:49.45] Let him dangle [03:51.49] Let him dangle [03:57.58] Let him dangle [03:59.53] Let him dangle [04:06.66] (String him up) [04:15.70] (String him up) [04:23.88] (String him up) [04:26.98]