Hang Down Your Head- Asa Martin (KY) 1933 REC
[From: recording Ba32831 in NYC, Asa Martin and Bob Roberts; Vocal duet; Guitar and mandolin, 2-03-1933.
This is likely a cover song Poole's 1926 song, The Highwayman and has only one part of the "Maid Freed" text. Meade categorizes it as "Poor Boy" but it should be under "Highwayman."
Meade also recorded this from Martin in 1972 under the title, "The Highwayman."
R. Matteson 2015]
"Hang Down your Head and Cry"- Asa Martin and Bob Roberts, 1933
[Guitar and mandolin]
As I went down to the old depot
To see the train go by,
I thought I saw my dear little girl
Hang her head and cry.
The night was dark and stormy,
It surely looked like rain;
Not a friend this wide world o'er,
And no one knew my name.
No one knew my name, poor boy,
No one knew my name;
Not a friend this whole wide world o'er,
And no one knew my name.
[instrumental]
"Wait, Mister Judge, wait, Mister Judge,
Wait a little while;
I think I saw my dear old girl,
She walked for miles and miles."
"Dear girl, have you brought me silver?
Dear girl, have you brought me gold?
Of have you walked these long, long miles
To see me from a hangman's pole?"
"Dear boy, I've brought you silver,
Dear boy, I've brought you gold;
I have not walked these long, long miles
To see you from a hangman's pole."
She's taken me from the scaffold,
She's untied my hands;
The tears run down that poor girl's cheeks,
"I love this highwayman."
I love this highwayman, poor girl
I love this highwayman
The tears run down that poor girl's cheeks,
"I love this highwayman."