Loading details…
about this song
This is one of the angriest songs that David Cousins ever composed. It deals with the execution of a papist in an unamed village, where great crowds gather. There is an anger and passion in this song, and DC captures it superbly. his lyrics are powerful and intense. the 3 verses deal with the building of the scaffold, the papists last night in his cell and the hangmans fear and terror when he realises the man he is about to hang is his own brother.