Tallow Candles or Song of a Doomed Man from the singing of Jacqui & Bridie I have tallow candles white, hanging high, hanging high I have tallow candles white, hanging high I have tallow candles white, and I stole them all by night And my life shall pay for all, when I die, when I die And my life shall pay for all, when I die I have twenty ox in store, that's no joke... ...and I aimed for twenty more And my life shall pay for all... I went up the Tyburn Hill, in a cart... ...and twas there I made my will And my life... I climb'ed up the ladder by a rope... ...then the hangman pulled the rope And twas never a word I spoke, coming down... Take a warning all by me, that's no lie... ... for to shun bad company Or your life... SOF
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