{"id":33815,"date":"2024-05-07T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=33815"},"modified":"2024-05-07T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:37:55","slug":"the-gallis-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/05\/07\/the-gallis-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gallis Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Gallis Pole,&#8221; a traditional folk song famously recorded by Lead Belly, tells a poignant narrative reflecting the plight of many African Americans in the Deep South. Despite efforts from friends and relatives to intervene with offerings of silver and gold, and even the condemned&#8217;s sister offering herself to the hangman, the grim reality remains unchanged. The hangman, with a chilling smile, proceeds to carry out the execution regardless.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/The-Gallis-Pole.mp3\"> The-Gallis-Pole.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/The-Gallis-Pole.mp4\"> The-Gallis-Pole.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hangman! Hangman!<br \/>\nHold it a little while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Harmonica, Guitar, Upright Bass, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nHangman, hangman, hold it a little while,<br \/>\nThink I see my friends coming, Riding a many mile.<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Harmonica, Guitar, Upright Bass, Percussion]<br \/>\nFriends, did you get some silver?<br \/>\nDid you get a little gold?<br \/>\nWhat did you bring me, my dear friends, To keep me from the Gallows Pole?<br \/>\nWhat did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Fiddle, Upright Bass, Mandolin, Percussion]<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t get no silver, I couldn&#8217;t get no gold,<br \/>\nYou know that we&#8217;re too damn poor to keep you from the Gallows Pole.<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Upright Bass, Fiddle, Banjo, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nHangman, hangman, hold it a little while,<br \/>\nI think I see my brother coming, riding a many mile.<br \/>\nBrother, did you get me some silver?<br \/>\nDid you get a little gold?<br \/>\nWhat did you bring me, my brother, to keep me from the Gallows Pole?<br \/>\nBrother, I brought you some silver,<br \/>\nI brought a little gold, I brought a little of everything<br \/>\nTo keep you from the Gallows Pole.<br \/>\nYes, I brought you to keep you from the Gallows Pole.<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Piano, Guitar Solo, Upright Bass, Drum Fills]<br \/>\n[Break, Increase Tempo]<br \/>\nHangman, hangman, turn your head awhile,<br \/>\nI think I see my sister coming, riding a many mile, mile, mile.<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Upright Bass, Fiddle, Banjo, Percussion]<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nSister, I implore you, take him by the hand,<br \/>\nTake him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this man,<br \/>\nPlease take him, save me from the wrath of this man, man.<br \/>\n[Bridge]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\nHangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,<br \/>\nPray tell me that I&#8217;m free to ride,<br \/>\nRide for many mile, mile, mile.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nOh, yes, you got a fine sister, She warmed my blood from cold,<br \/>\nBrought my blood to boiling hot To keep you from the Gallows Pole,<br \/>\nYour brother brought me silver, Your sister warmed my soul,<br \/>\nBut now I laugh and pull so hard And see you swinging on the Gallows Pole<br \/>\nSwingin&#8217; on the gallows pole!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nSwingin&#8217; on the gallows pole!<br \/>\nSwingin&#8217; on the gallows pole!<br \/>\nSwingin&#8217; on the gallows pole!<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Gallis Pole,&#8221; a traditional folk song famously recorded by Lead Belly, tells a poignant narrative reflecting the plight of many African Americans in the Deep South. Despite efforts from friends and relatives to intervene with offerings of silver and gold, and even the condemned&#8217;s sister offering herself to the hangman, the grim reality remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1478,9,14],"tags":[546,563,3958],"class_list":["post-33815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coversongs","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-one-and-the-same"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33821,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33815\/revisions\/33821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}