Lyrics If He Swing By the String - Marlene Dietrich
If
he
swing
by
the
string
He
will
hear
the
bell
ring
And
then
there's
an
end
to
poor
Tommy
He
must
hang
by
the
noose
For
no
hand
will
cut
loose
The
rope
from
the
neck
of
poor
Tommy.
Long
long
ago
on
a
summer
day
There
in
the
sunlight
he
swung
Children
were
playing,
the
crowd
was
gay
This
was
the
song
that
was
sung
If
he
swing
by
the
string
He
will
hear
the
bell
ring
And
then
there's
an
end
to
poor
Tommy
He
must
hang
by
the
noose
For
no
hand
will
cut
loose
The
rope
from
the
neck
of
poor
Tommy.
Down
went
the
sun
over
Tiger
Hill
Tommy
was
dead
and
gone
Gone
was
the
crowd
and
the
night
was
still
Only
their
soul
lingered
on
Chorus:
If
he
swing
by
the
string
He
will
hear
the
bell
ring
And
then
there's
an
end
to
poor
Tommy
He
must
hang
by
the
noose
For
no
hand
will
cut
loose
The
rope
from
the
neck
of
poor
Tommy.
Outside
a
jail
only
yesterday
Mother
was
wiping
a
tear
People
were
waiting
their
faces
grey
But
their
song
hadn't
changed
through
the
year
If
he
swing
by
the
string
He
will
hear
the
bell
ring
And
then
there's
an
end
to
poor
Tommy
He
must
hang
by
the
noose
For
no
hand
will
cut
loose
The
rope
from
the
neck
of
poor
Tommy.
If
he
swing
If
he
swing
If
he
swing
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