Back when people were sentenced to hang for their crimes, at times people would wait behind the gallows until the trap doors were dropped, at which point they would grab the legs of those being hung and pulled down on them, to ensure a quicker and less excrutiating death. These were the "hangers-on" I'm afraid. This song is a surreal description of an execution in the Great Britain of yore.
Though your interpretation is admirable, screamas.
Back when people were sentenced to hang for their crimes, at times people would wait behind the gallows until the trap doors were dropped, at which point they would grab the legs of those being hung and pulled down on them, to ensure a quicker and less excrutiating death. These were the "hangers-on" I'm afraid. This song is a surreal description of an execution in the Great Britain of yore. Though your interpretation is admirable, screamas.