The lonesomest sound, boys, I ever heard sound
At the stroke of midnight, hear the curfew blow
The sheriff's men, boys, they're on my tail
In the midnight wind, hear the curfew blow
And when they catch me, my body will hang
On the gallows pole when the curfew blows

Hear the curfew blowin', the curfew blowin'
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
Hear the curfew blowin', the curfew blowin'
In thе coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
And in thе coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow

Now, my only crime is not being your kind
At the stroke of midnight, I'll hang below
At the stroke of midnight I'll hang below
And now they caught me and my body will hang
On the gallows pole when the curfew blows

Hear the curfew blowin' and the curfew blowin'
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
Hear the curfew blowin', the curfew blowin'
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
Hear the curfew blowin', the curfew blowin'
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
Hear the curfew blowin', hear the curfew blowin'
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow

In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow
In the coal-black midnight, hear the curfew blow