Posted by Adam Quinan on December 14, 2003 at 14:36:17 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.
In Reply to: Hanging Johnny posted by Ed Kiser on December 13, 2003 at 22:07:01:
This shanty has gone through a number of changes. Another version says something like:
I hung a brutal mother,
and no other.
Probably its best to present it to younger and more sensitive readers as a sort of nonsense rhyme or song, not as a factual plan of action or historical account.
I remember happily chanting about some innocent classmate
"XXX XXXX is no good, chop her up for firewood."
I have never (yet) acted out my homicidal fantasies.