The Gallows Tree- Chambliss (MO) 1929 Randolph B
[Single stanza from: Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, I, 1946, P. 144 (B).
R. Matteson 2015]
B. [The Gallows Tree] - Mrs. Emma Baird Chambliss, Anderson, Mo., Sept. 22, 1929, recalls one stanza of "The Gallows Tree":
Father, father, have you brought gold?
Gold for to set me free?
Or did you just come to see me hung
On this here gallows tree?