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Hangman hold your rope and hold it for awhile
For I think I see my father coming over yonder stile
Father did you bring me gold or silver to pay my fee
And to save my body from the cold clay ground
And my neck from the Gallows Tree
No I didn't bring you gold nor have I brought any fee
For I have come to see you hang upon the Gallows Tree

Oh the Gallows Pole it grieves my heart full sore
And if I don't make the hangman's fee
I'll swing from the Gallows Tree

Hangman hold your rope and hold it for awhile
For I think I see my mother coming over yonder stile
Mother did you bring me gold or silver to pay my fee

And to save my body from the cold clay ground
And my neck from the Gallows Tree
No I didn't bring you gold nor have I brought any fee
For I have come to see you hang upon the Gallows Tree

Hangman stay your hand and stay it for awhile
For I think I see my true love coming riding many mile
Lover did you bring me gold or silver to pay my fee
Or have you come to see me hang from the Gallows Tree
Yes, I brought you gold and silver to pay your fee
For I could not bear to see you hang
from the Gallows Tree

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from The Double​-​Cross, released February 21, 2006
HANGMAN (Sorbye/Trad.)
A song about the gallows, based on the traditional lyric
“The Prickly Bush,” set to new music.

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