[00:00.00]If he swings by the string - Marlene Dietrich
[00:05.46]If he swing by the string
[00:08.41]He will hear the bell ring
[00:11.44]And then there's an end to poor Tommy
[00:16.33]He must hang by the noose
[00:19.81]For no hand will cut loose
[00:22.81]The rope from the neck of poor Tommy
[00:28.96]Long long ago on a summer day
[00:33.14]There in the sunlight he swung
[00:37.32]Children were playing the crowd was gay
[00:42.40]This was the song that was sung
[00:46.80]If he swing by the string
[00:50.22]He will hear the bell ring
[00:53.22]And then there's an end to poor Tommy
[00:58.33]He must hang by the noose
[01:01.56]For no hand will cut loose
[01:04.18]The rope from the neck of poor Tommy
[01:10.35]Down went the sun over tiger hill
[01:15.28]Tommy was dead and gone
[01:20.22]Gone was the crowd and the night was still
[01:25.58]Only their soul lingered on
[01:33.83]If he swing by the string
[01:36.41]He will hear the bell ring
[01:39.25]And then there's an end to poor Tommy
[01:44.83]He must hang by the noose
[01:47.16]For no hand will cut loose
[01:49.88]The rope from the neck of poor Tommy
[02:00.78]Outside a jail only yesterday
[02:05.09]Mother was wiping a tear
[02:08.99]People were waiting their faces grey
[02:14.16]But their song hadn't changed through the year
[02:21.60]If he swing by the string
[02:24.95]He will hear the bell ring
[02:27.71]And then there's an end to poor Tommy
[02:33.36]He must hang by the noose
[02:36.48]For no hand will cut loose
[02:39.53]The rope from the neck of poor Tommy
[02:45.46]If he swing
[02:48.46]If he swing
[02:53.95]If he swing