When was the song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” released by Richard Thompson?

The song Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman was released in 2017, on the album “Acoustic Rarities”.

Who composed the song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” by Richard Thompson?

The song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” by Richard Thompson was composed by Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick.

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Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman

Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman

Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick

[Verse 1]
Rise for the hangman
His pleasure is that you should rise
He's the judge and the jury
At the jester's assize

[Verse 2]
Poor Will on the gallows tree
Never a cruel word did say
Oh that a young man
Should be treated this way

[Chorus]
Run to me mother of anyone's child
And tell me the revelry planned
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law
His show is the best in the land
Here's a health to the jolly hangman
He'll hang you the best that he can
Here's a health to the jolly

[Verse 3]
No purse for a champion
No true love come over the stile
The debt of a poor man
He'll pay in awhile

[Verse 4]
Kind ladies, kind gentlemen
Born of a sorry degree
Will you laugh with the hangman
When he comes for his fee?

[Verse 5]
Rise for the hangman
His pleasure is that you should rise
He's the judge and the jury
At the jester's assize

Trivia about the song Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman by Richard Thompson

When was the song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” released by Richard Thompson?: The song Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman was released in 2017, on the album “Acoustic Rarities”.
Who composed the song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” by Richard Thompson?: The song “Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman” by Richard Thompson was composed by Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick.