The moon rose high
The night grew cold
The church bells they did sound
Her sin and shame
Though they remained
Her hope grew stronger still
Through the bars of steel
Stars be not concealed
One to bear the name
Of her new born child, that never saw
Saw the light of day
She cried hmmm, she cried
She cried hmmmmmm
She cried hmmm, she cried hmmmm
But her tears don't wash her sins away
They walked her to
The gallows lane
People stood and cursed her name
Many a poor soul has suffered for less
Repentant to the judge she confessed
Repentant to the judge she confessed
For her baby girl
She did put to death
They'll hang her there tomorrow noon
And there they'll write her name in stone
For her crimes she will atone
She will atone
She cried hmmm, she cried
She cried hmmmmmm
She cried hmmm, she cried hmmm ooh
But her tears don't wash her sins away
She did cast
Her final gaze
Into the starlit sky
That she proclaimed
I hope I shall meet her bye and bye
Meet her bye and bye
She cried hmmm, she cried
She cried hmmmmmm
She cried hmmm, she cried oooh ooh
But her tears don't wash her sins away
