And innocent though we were, with dread, We passed those eyes of buckshot lead; Till one cried: “Hangman who is he For whom you raise the gallows-tree?” Dark animated short, The Hangman (1964). By Paul Julian and Les Goldman. You might remember Paul Julian from The Tell-Tale Heart short that I featured some time ago; he was also the “voice” of the Road Runner. The Hangman was based on a 1951 poem by Maurice Ogden.