12-string Guitar: Hangman
2,283 views · Published 10 June 2009 · 2:54 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: threelegsoman · 2009 · Music
Hangman is the Peter, Paul and Mary version of a ballad called The Maid Freed from the Gallows, one of many titles of a centuries-old folk song about a condemned maiden pleading for someone to buy her freedom from the executioner. Although it exists in many forms, all versions recount a slightly similar story. A maid about to be hanged (for unknown reasons) pleads with the hangman, or judge, to wait for the arrival of someone who may bribe him. The first person (or people) to arrive, who may include the father, mother, brother, and sister, have brought nothing and often have come to see her hanged. The last person to arrive, often her true love, has brought the gold to save her. She may curse all those who failed her.
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