In the colony of Delaware,
a long time ago,
There once stood a sign sayin',
Stranger beware,
beware of the whipping post.
A young man rode into this town
to seek his fortune there
He read the sign but he laughed aloud
for his heart held not a care
The next sight that he fell his eye
he no ticed so much more
It was the mayor's black
-eyed daughter
stepping out her door
The Whipping Post, The Whipping Post,
If you don't keep your place
The Whipping Post, The Whipping Post,
You will soon embrace
The way she smiled
had warmed his heart
He fell in love that day
But her father found them there alone
And he had this to say
The likes of you aren't good enough
To have my daughter's hand
Leave this town before the dawn
Or die a broken man
The whipping post, the whipping post,
was this to be his fate
Yes, he feared the whipping post,
but he could not run away
So they tied him to
the post that day,
before his loved one's eyes
But she ran between him an d the lash,
she tried to save his life
Her father cried to stop the whip,
but he was now too late
The singing lash
went through the air
and struck her lovely face
The whipping post, the whipping post,
the evil that you do
The whipping post, the whipping post,
you bring men to their doom
Up on his knees the mayor wept,
I know now I was wrong
He took his daughter in his arms
and freed the stranger's bonds
And to this day the legend lives
so all who love will know
Their love so strong that it lived on
and defied the whipping post
The whipping hoes, the whipping hoes
The whipping hoes, the whipping hoes