"Johnny and the Lantern" Lyrics

On the road outside of Delvin, In the shadow of the trees
A man drew out his pistol and a man fell to his knees,
Well the man who did the shooting, didn't stick around
But he went and told the others where the body could be found

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Well the saw ripped through his flesh, but to cut the bones was hell,
Though the blade was old and rusty, through the bones you couldn't
tell,

Well they hacked his legs in pieces, someone let out a cry,
Johnny hold the lantern, Johnny hold that up there boy,
Well Johnny's hands were freezing but he held the lantern high,
As the dead man lay there gazing and the flame danced in his eye,

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Well they cursed his broken body and with the last strokes of the saw,
As Johnny held the lantern they cut the hands of law,
Then they buried all the pieces and their energy was spent,
And the las thing that they buried was the hands that took the rent,

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On the road outside of Delvin, at the ditch just round the bend,
Where the trees mar all the moonlight, that's where Manning met his end.