The Hanging Tree-Blue Moon Rising

[ti:The Hanging Tree] [ar:Blue Moon Rising] [al:One Lonely Shadow] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hanging Tree - Blue Moon Rising [00:04.19]High upon the mountainside [00:06.27]There grows an ancient tree [00:07.97] [00:08.77]It's story has been handed down [00:11.34]All through my family [00:13.08] [00:14.05]A vile and twisted evil thing [00:16.47]That stood the test of time [00:18.25] [00:18.96]Through wind and rain and hurricane [00:21.70]And still the tree's alive [00:25.31]But toinight it's coming down [00:29.04] [00:29.74]I'm gonna put it on the ground [00:33.94] [00:35.17]The hangin' tree [00:38.04] [00:38.56]The year was 1864 [00:40.78]When a band of rebel men [00:42.60] [00:43.21]Were captured by the union boys [00:45.81]That's how the tale began [00:47.68] [00:48.57]The hung 'em up [00:49.75]And shot 'em in [00:50.93]Before they cut 'em down [00:52.88] [00:53.46]Their blood ran down the trunk [00:55.25]And fed the roots down underground [00:58.48] [00:59.64]But toinight it's coming down [01:04.39]I'm gonna put it on the ground [01:08.74] [01:09.66]The hangin' tree [01:11.80] [01:13.07]I heard that it's been there [01:15.02]Since the before the dawn of men [01:17.26] [01:18.04]But I'm the one who brang it down [01:20.31]Tonight with these two hands [01:22.44] [01:23.74]The hangin' tree [01:27.20] [01:58.70]In 1952 [02:00.50]A young man sleepin' in his bed [02:03.72]Was wakin' by an angry mob with hoods upon their heads [02:08.15] [02:08.93]The cowards hung him from the tree [02:11.55]Afraid to show their face [02:13.38] [02:13.89]Convinced the evil thing they'd done [02:16.48]Was strengthining their race [02:20.03]But toinight it's comin' down [02:24.81]I'm gonna put it on the ground [02:29.44] [02:30.13]The hangin' tree [02:33.20] [02:49.75]Ten years ago [02:50.85]My daddy lost his job down at the mill [02:54.72]And then he fell into the world of alcohol and bills [02:59.18] [03:00.21]My momma left [03:01.16]The only thing she took with her was me [03:04.97]And daddy climbed the mountainside to board the hanging tree [03:11.21]But toinight it's coming down [03:15.01] [03:15.91]I'll put the damn thing on the ground [03:19.88] [03:21.12]The hangin' tree [03:24.58]I heard that it's been there [03:26.44]Since the before the dawn of men [03:28.83] [03:29.56]But I'm the one who brang it down [03:31.92]Tonight with these two hands [03:33.92] [03:35.23]The hangin' tree