Let Him Dangle - Elvis Costello (D. MacManus) Bentley said to Craig let him have it Chris They still don’t know today just what he meant by this Craig fired the pistol but was too young to swing so the police to Bentley in the very next thing Chorus: Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do do do do do do do Bentley had surrendered he was under arrest when he gave Chris Craigs that fatal request Craig shot Sidney Miles he took Bentley’s word the prosecution claimed as they charged him with murder... Bridge Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed when theres a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange If killing anybody is a terrible crime why does this blood thirsty chorus come round from time to time   Let him dangle do do do do do  do do do do They said Derek Bentley was easily led well whats that to the women that sidney miles wed though guilty was the verdict and craig had shot him dead the gallows were for bentley and still she never said... Not many people thought that bentley would hang but the word never came the phone never rang outside wandsworth prison there was horror and hate as the hangman shook bentleys hand to calculate his weight.... From a welfare state to society murder bring back the noose is always heard whenever thos swine are under attack but it wont make you even it wont bring him back...