Under the Hanging Tree

An autumn night suffused by fog framed the loathsome scene

A nine-year-old girl, condemned to death for baring the devil's mark

Hung by a black noose

Down by the swamp, there's a legendary place

Where evil comes alive, and malevolence is faced

Serpents slowly slither, and the alligators feed

As the sinister force has alas been freed

Under the Hanging Tree

Her murders, circled and prayed, watching the body swing

Remorseless religious fools, but comeuppance would befall them

Then came the darkness

Down by the swamp, there's a legendary place

Where evil comes alive, and malevolence is faced

Serpents slowly slither, and the alligators feed

As a sinister force has alas been freed

Under the Hanging Tree

A stygian form besieged the site as the congregation succumbed to fright.

The preacher first, then the madness spread with whispers taunting within their heads.

Now possessed, they approached the tree spewing words of arrant blasphemy.

Upon their knees, they cut their throats, while in the woods, her demons gloat.

Under the Hanging Tree

Misfortune to those who walk this site

Tormented souls scream in the night