Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)

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Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to[who?] as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she was influential to many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time included her song "Take This Hammer" on its list of the All-Time 100 Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music." more »

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1957

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Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while, 
Think I see my friends comin', 
Ridin many a mile 

A-friends, did you get some silver? 
Did you get a little gold? 
What did you bring me, my dear friends, 
Keep me from the Gallows Pole? 
What did you bring me 
Keep me from the Gallows Pole? 

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no gold, 
You know that we're too damn poor 
To keep you from the Gallows Pole 

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while, 
I think I see my brother comin', 
Ridin many a mile 

Mm-brother, did you get me some silver? 
Ah, dya get a little gold? 
A-what did you bring me, my brother, 
Keep me from the Gallows Pole? 

Brother, I brought you some silver, yeah, 
I brought a little gold, 
I brought a little of ev'ry thing 
To keep you from the Gallows Pole 
Yes, I brought you 
To keep you from the Gallows Pole 

Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile, 
I think I see my sister coming, 
Ridin' many a mile, mile, mile, mile 
Sister, I implore you, take him by the hand, 
Take him to some shady bower, 
Save me from the wrath of this man, 
Please take him, 
Save me from the wrath of this mad-man 

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile, 
Pray tell me that I'm free to ride, 
Ride for many a mile, mile, mile 

Oh, yes, you got a fine sister, 
She warmed my blood from cold, 
She warmed my blood to boiling hot 
To keep you from the Gallows Pole, 
Pole, pole, pole, yeah yeah 

'brother brought me silver, 
And your sister warmed my soul, 
But now I laugh and pull so hard 
And see you swinging on my Gallows Pole, yeah -

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