My Name

Strong men tremble when they hear it

They've got cause enough to fear it

It's much blacker than they smear it

Nobody mentions my name

Rich men hold their five-pound notes

And save me emptying their coats

And they know I could tear their throats

Just to live up to my name

With my jimmy in my hand

Let me see a man who dares

Stop me taking what I may

He can start to say his prayers

Biceps like an iron girder

Fit for doing other murder

If I just so much as heard

A bloke even whisper my name

Bill Sikes!

Strong men tremble when they hear it

They've got cause enough to fear it

It's much blacker than they smear it

Nobody mentions my name

Some toff slumming with his valet

Bumped into me in an alley

Now his eyes will never tally

He'd never heard of my name

One bloke, he used to boast and claim

He could take my name in vain

Poor bloke, shame he was so green

Never was he seen again

Once bad, what's the good of turning?

In Hell I'll be there a-burning

Meanwhile, think of what I'm earning

All on account of my name

What is it?

What is it?

What is it?

My name