The Ballad Of Timothy Evans-Hamish Imlach

[ti:The Ballad Of Timothy Evans] [ar:Hamish Imlach] [al:Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice: The Transatlantic Anthology] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]The Ballad Of Timothy Evans - Hamish Imlach [00:01.75] [01:09.03]Tim Evans was a prisoner fast in his prison cell [01:14.56] [01:15.10]Those that read about his crimes d**ned his soul to hell [01:20.10]Saying go down you murderer go down [01:24.98] [01:25.92]For the murder of his own true wife [01:29.18]The killing of his own child [01:32.13]The jury found him guilty the hanging judge he smiled [01:37.31]Saying go down you murderer go down [01:42.04] [01:43.22]Now Evans pleaded innocent swore by him on high [01:49.00]He never killed his own true wife caused his child to die [01:54.19]Saying go down you murderer go down [01:58.81] [02:00.07]But they took him out at nine o'clock [02:02.47] [02:02.97]To his final flowery death [02:05.78]And day and night two screws were [02:08.20]There they never left his cell [02:11.01]Saying go down you murderer go down [02:15.91] [02:17.11]Tim Evans walked in the prison yard [02:20.17]The screws they walked behind [02:22.84]He could see the sky above the wall [02:25.81]But he knew no peace of mind [02:28.07]Saying go down you murderer go down [02:33.19] [02:34.25]The governor came in one day a chaplain by his side [02:39.83]Said your appeal has been turned [02:42.28]Down prepare yourself to die [02:45.14]Saying go down you murderer go down [02:49.99] [02:51.13]They came for him at eight o'clock [02:54.07]The chaplain read a prayer [02:56.69]And then they took him to the place [02:59.52]Where the hangman did prepare [03:02.04]Saying go down you murderer go down [03:06.83] [03:07.87]They placed the noose around his neck [03:10.94]The buckle behind his ear [03:13.65]The prison bell was tolling Tim Evans could not hear [03:18.88]Saying go down you murderer go down [03:23.69] [03:24.90]A thousand lads were cursing and banging on their door [03:30.70]Tim Evans could not hear them he was dead for evermore [03:35.49]Saying go down you murderer go down [03:40.83] [03:41.70]They sent Tim Evans to the drop [03:44.55]For a crime he did not do [03:47.37]It was Christy was the murderer [03:50.30]And the judge and the jury too [03:52.64]Saying go down you murderers go down [03:58.45]Go down you murderers go down