The Hangman, Or the Maid Freed from the Gallows-John Jacob Niles

[ti:The Hangman, Or the Maid Freed from the Gallows] [ar:John Jacob Niles] [al:The First Ever Newport Folk Festival - 1959, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hangman, Or the Maid Freed from the Gallows - John Jacob Niles [00:44.58]Hangman hangman [00:47.43]Slack your line [00:49.32]Slack it just a while [00:51.68]'Cause I think I see my mama comin' [00:54.61]Travelin' many a mile [00:57.19]Travelin' many a mile [01:01.28]"mama mama mama " [01:03.43]Did you bring gold [01:05.64]For to pay this hangman's fee [01:08.49]Or did you come to see me swingin' [01:11.96]High from this hangman's tree [01:15.08]High from this hangman's tree [01:18.64] [01:20.94]"Daughter daughter daughter [01:22.80]I brought you no gold [01:24.81]For to pay that hangman's fee [01:27.72]But I came to see you swingin' swingin' [01:32.01]High from that hangman's tree [01:35.19]High from that hangman's tree " [01:38.53] [01:40.17]"Hangman hangman hangman " [01:41.58]Slack your line [01:42.86] [01:43.40]Slack it just a while [01:45.12]'Cause I think I see my mama comin' [01:48.08]Travelin' many a mile [01:50.33]Travelin' many a mile [01:53.52]"O papa papa papa" [01:55.78]Did you bring gold [01:57.69]For to pay this hangman's fee [02:00.28]Or did you come to see me swingin' [02:03.81]High from this hangman's tree [02:06.76]High from this hangman's tree " [02:10.40] [02:11.98]"Daughter daughter daughter [02:14.42]I brought you no gold [02:16.88]For to pay that hangman's fee [02:19.59]But I came to see you swingin' swingin' [02:23.75]High from that hangman's tree [02:26.63]High from that hangman's tree " [02:30.68] [02:31.70]"Hangman hangman [02:32.69]Slack your line [02:33.84] [02:34.44]Slack it just a while [02:36.25]'Cause I think I see my lover comin' [02:39.19]Travelin' many a mile [02:41.90]Travelin' many a mile [02:44.73] [02:45.36]"Sweetheart sweetheart sweetheart [02:47.79]Did you bring gold [02:50.03]For to pay this hangman's fee [02:53.11]Or did you come to see me swingin' [02:56.73]High from this hangman's tree [03:00.27]High from this hangman's tree " [03:03.90] [03:05.64]"Darlin' darlin' darlin' [03:09.13]I brought you that gold [03:11.17] [03:11.70]For to pay that hangman's fee [03:15.15]'Cause I don't want to see you swingin' swingin' [03:19.61]High from this hangman's tree [03:24.32]High from this hangman's tree "