The Hangman's Rope

There was once a lady Known simply as Sadie Who sang a sad and mournful tune She never was cheerful Sang songs that were tearful At the old Bordertown Saloon She once loved a young man Who became a hung man When he strayed outside of the law He shot a bank teller A handsome young feller It beat all that we ever saw He was buried they say In six feet of red clay Sadie visited each Sunday But then she up and left She stopped being bereft Just fell in love on a Monday She married the hangman And that's what she sang, man, Just the thought had given her hope Forever she would be For she had bedded he The right end of the hangman's rope. 4-16-2020 Contest: Write a Rhyming Poem For Fun Sponsor:Caren Krutsinger