The Real Mckenzies - Stephen's Green lyrics

My coffin is built and I'm ready to go Take me on parade down that long dirt road Displayed for the crowd's enjoyment! Poor I shall die just as poor As I was born and I've never known Any comforts back home And I've suffered the worst of employment I'm to go to Stephen's Green They take me there in the morning I'm to go to Stephen's Green The hangman's noose is calling So a thief I became, as my story goes As a Highway Man I worked the old back roads That all seem to lead, down to Dublin I knew that one day, I'd be caught I suppose But when you strip a rich man down Take away his fancy clothes Then all the risks seem worth taking I'm to go to Stephen's Green They take me there in the morning I'm to go to Stephen's Green The hangman's noose is calling I'm to go to Stephen's Green They take me there in the morning I'm to go to Stephen's Green The hangman's noose is calling Now a guest in King's Gaol, Here I sit and wait And my one regret, I think that I can name Is that I didn't start robbing Rich Man sooner! I'm to go to Stephen's Green They take me there in the morning I'm to go to Stephen's Green The hangman's noose is calling