Butch Femme Planet - What Are You Listening to Now?

Different versions:

The source of this song is an 18th century English folk song called "The Unfortunate Rake" (also known as "Unfortunate Lad" or "The Young Man Cut Down in His Prime"). This version was about a sailor who uses his money on prostitutes, and it implies that he dies of a venereal disease. When the song moved to America, gambling and drinking became the cause of the man's death.

The Unfortunate Rake - by some youtube guy

Ian McShane (Al Swearengen) - "The Unfortunate Rake" (a cappella)

The Pile Drivers - Unfortunate Rake

Also derived from this song:

The Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime

Shirley & Dolly Collins - Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime

There are versions of this song throughout the English-speaking world, and it evolved into American standards such as "The Streets of Laredo" or "The Dying Cowboy".

Streets of Laredo - Eddy Arnold

Marty Robbins - The Streets Of Laredo

"St. James Infirmary Blues" is an American folksong of anonymous origin, though sometimes credited to the songwriter Joe Primrose (a pseudonym for Irving Mills). Louis Armstrong made it famous in his influential 1928 recording.

The St. James Infirmary Blues - Louis Armstrong:

George E. Lee's Novelty Singing Orch. - St James Infirmary

Danny Barker - St. James Infirmary Blues

Doug Duffey - St James Infirmary

SNOOKS EAGLIN - ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Only the Hangman is Waiting For Me (Wayne P. Walker)

This is one of many songs descended from the British traditional song, "The Unfortunate Rake," the best known one being "The Streets of Laredo." It was copyrighted in 1960 under the title "Only the Heartaches" by Wayne P Walker, with additional words by Jess Edwins and Terry Kennedy.

Rex Allen sang it on his 1962 album "Rex Allen Sings and Tells Tales," making it a hangman that was waiting rather than just heartaches. This was one of my favourite albums as a teenager, (before I found out about folk music). The main song on the album was "Don't Go Near The Indians" which I have uploaded before.

This song bears a lot of resemblence too, though the comments say it was written by an Australian about a Scottish soldier fighting for the English in France:

The Green Fields Of France - Song by The Fureys and Davey Arthur. Written By Eric Bogle.

It also traveled back over the ocean:

"The Streets of Laredo" by Louis MacNeice (poetry reading)

This is about the London Blitz , when the city was bombed for 57 successive nights from September 1940, destroying more than a million houses. It was written in 1941.

Agag was the title of the king of the Amalekites and it means "flame". The reference to Agag may be more complicated than that.

Louis MacNeice was an Irishman.