Today's slow drag is with "Let Him Dangle," from "Spike," released in 1989. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.

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Show Notes:

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Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson

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Let Him Dangle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-vtA-k2QUU

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource: "Let Him Dangle": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Let_Him_Dangle 

Companion Transcript: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com/podcast-transcriptlinks/episode-10-a-terrible-crime-a-slow-drag-with-let-him-dangle  

References:

A learning journal that cites Ben Franklin: https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/MGMT300/A+man+convinced+against+his+will%2C+is+of+the+same+opinion+still

Benjamin Franklin misquotes from the Franklin institute blog: https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/7-things-benjamin-franklin-never-said

Why it’s a waste of time trying to determine who said “a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still”: https://quotationcelebration.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/a-man-convinced-against-his-will-is-of-the-same-opinion-still-unknown/

Hunting down who coined “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/

Derek Bentley, “A Victim of British Justice?” http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/bentley.html

UK Bentley case breakthrough: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/24208.stm

Craig’s Relief at Bentley’s Posthumous Pardon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/142351.stm

Newsnight – Derek Bentley #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiy6Dx8DvBw

Linguistic ambiguity: http://michealaxelsen.com/blog/?p=347

Syntactic Ambiguity: https://www.thoughtco.com/syntactic-ambiguity-grammar-1692179

Britain’s last executions: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/britain-last-executions-hanging-criminals-low-key

Derek Bentley’s Headstone: bentley.html">http://veryverybritish.blogspot.com/2014/06/derek-bentley.html

“Let Him Have It” Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kjmN2SFGo

So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo

"Let Him Dangle" Lyrics:

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 took Bentley and the very next thing Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle They say Derek Bentley was easily led Well what's that to the woman 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 Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange If killing anybody is a terrible crime Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time? Let him dangle 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 Bentley's hand to calculate his weight Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange If killing anybody is a terrible crime Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time? Let him dangle From a welfare state to society murder "Bring back the noose" is always heard Whenever those swine are under attack But it won't make you even, it won't bring him back Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle Let him dangle, let him dangle String him up...