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Hartlepool - the Monkey Hangers
In
former times, when war and strife
The
French invasion threaten'd life
An'
all was armed to the knife
The
Fisherman hung the monkey O !
The
Fishermen with courage high,
Seized
on the monkey for a French spy;
"Hang
him !" says one; "he's to die"
They
did and they hung the monkey Oh!
They
tried every means to make him speak
And
tortured the monkey till loud he did speak;
Says
yen "thats french" says another "its Greek"
For
the fishermen had got druncky oh!
Hammer
his ribs, the thunnerin thief
Pummel
his pyet wi yor neef!
He's
landed here for nobbut grief
He's
aud Napoleon's uncky O!
Thus
to the Monkey all hands behaved
"Cut
off his whiskers!" yen chap raved
Another
bawled out "He's never been shaved",
So
commenced to scrape the Monkey, O!
They
put him on a gridiron hot,
The
Monkey then quite lively got,
He
rowl'd his eyes tiv a' the lot,
For
the Monkey agyen turned funky O!.
Then
a Fisherman up te Monkey goes,
Saying
"Hang him at yence, an' end his woes,"
But
the Monkey flew at him and bit off his nose,
An'
that raised the poor man's Monkey O!
In
former times, mid war an' strife,
The
French invasion threatened life,
An'
all was armed to the knife,
The
Fishermen hung the Monkey O!
The
Fishermen wi' courage high,
Seized
on the Monkey for a spy,
"Hang
him" says yen, says another,"He'll die!"
They
did, and they hung the Monkey O!.
They
tortor'd the Monkey till loud he did squeak
Says
yen, "That's French," says another "it's Greek"
For
the Fishermen had got drunky, O!
"He's
all ower hair!" sum chap did cry,
E'en
up te summic cute an' sly
Wiv
a cod's head then they closed an eye,
Afore
they hung the Monkey O!.
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