Go down to the gallows at midnight   with silk drape to cover your face   Go down to the gallows, they'll soon take my life   and lay your eyes over the place      Here comes the priest and the prophet   a cold, steel floor on my feet   I hope that you've come down to see me   if a dyin' boy's wish of release      Here stands the man dressed in black now   and he says with a trembling sigh,   "do you have any words or requests now?   just tell me, please, before you die."      Go down to the gallows at midnight   with silk drape to cover your face   Go down to the gallows, they'll soon take my life   and lay your eyes over the place      Go down to the gallows at midnight   with silk drape to cover your face   Go down to the gallows, they'll soon take my life   and lay your eyes over the place      my eyes are alive in this place