Punch'n'Judy Songtext

The Beadle says I killed them all My wife, my screaming child I'm dying in the morning And they wonder why I smile So I'll sit and write my memoirs Of a life upon the stage And hope to die of middle age Jim Crow The Abyssinian Has sung his final song The Grand Turk of Senoa Always gets his english wrong He could just say "Shallaballa" But he'd say that word three times And nobody knows my crimes They'll say that I'm an outlaw But I tell you, that I'm your friend You know I'm only in for Punching Judy again The radical gentleman Complained about my bell I said it was an organ And I rang that thing like hell The Objector backed me up on Any name I said it is And guess which one of them will live While riding on my hobby horse I was overthrown To the doctor I was sent To cure my broken bones He beat me without reason Til I had to give to him A taste of his own medicine They'll say that I'm an outlaw But I tell you, that I'm your friend You know I'm only in for Punching Judy again The executioner arrives Jack Ketch is that man's name He thinks he's gonna hang me But he doesn't know my game I can't get my head into his noose He's gonna show me how And I'm gonna hang him now I'm ready for the devil And I see that he's appeared Like Mr.Faust before me I will pull old Satan's beard So for Toby my old terrier And everyone of you I'm gonna kill him too They'll say that I'm an outlaw But I tell you, that I'm your friend You know I'm only in for Punching Judy again