The Whipping Post

In the colony of Delaware
A long time ago
There once stood a sign saying
"Stranger, beware!
Beware of the whipping post!"

A young man rode into this town
To seek his fortune there
He read the sign but he laughed aloud
For his heart held not a care

The next sight that befell his eye
He noticed so much more
It was the mayor's black-eyed daughter
Stepping out her door

(The whipping post, the whipping post)
If you don't keep your place
(The whipping post, the whipping post)
You will soon embrace

The way she smiled it warmed his heart
He fell in love that day
But her father found them there alone
And had this to say

"The likes of you aren't good enough
To have my daughter's hand
Leave this town before the dawn
Or die a broken man"

(The whipping post, the whipping post)
Was this to be his fate?
(Yes, he feared the whipping post)
But he could not run away

So they tied him to the post that day
Before his loved one's eye
But she ran between him and the lash
She tried to save his life

Her father cried to stop the whip
But he was now too late
The singing lash went through the air
And struck her lovely face

(The whipping post, the whipping post)
The evil that you do
(The whipping post, the whipping post)
You bring men to their doom

Upon his knees the mayor wept
"I know now I was wrong"
He took his daughter in his arms
And freed the stranger's bonds

And to this day the legend lives
So all who love will know
Their love so strong that it lived on
And defied the whipping post

(The whipping post, the whipping post)
(The whipping post, the whipping post)
(The whipping post, the whipping post)