Lyrics:
Bentley said to craig 'let him have it chris'They still don't know today just what he meant by thisCraig fired the pistol, but was too young to swingSo the police took bentley and the very next thingLet him dangleLet him dangleBentley had surrendered, he was under arrest,When he gave chris craig that fatal requestCraig shot sidney miles, he took bentley's wordThe prosecution claimed as they charged them with murderLet him dangleLet him dangleThey say derek bentley was easily ledWell what's that to the woman that sidney miles wedThough guilty was the verdict, and craig had shot him deadThe gallows were for bentley and still she never saidLet him dangleLet him dangleWell it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changedWhen there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strangeIf killing anybody is a terrible crimeWhy does this bloodthirsty chorus come round from time to timeLet him dangleNot many people thought that bentley would hangBut the word never came, the phone never rangOutside wandsworth prison there was horror and hateAs the hangman shook bentley's hand to calculate his weightLet him dangleFrom a welfare state to society murderBring 'back the noose' is always heardWhenever those swine are under attackBut it won't make you evenIt won't bring him backLet him dangleLet him dangle (string him up)