Hangman

Nick Reynolds / Adam Yagodka

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Nick Reynolds (vocal, guitar), Bob Shane (vocal, guitar), Dave Guard (vocal, guitar), Buck Wheat (bass):
  Album: MAKE WAY (Original Capitol LP record release) T/ST 1474 - 1961 -- TRACK TIME: (N/A) Album: THE BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO - VOL. III (Capitol Records LP record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - T/ST-2614 -- (c)(p) N/A -- TRACK TIME: (2:42) Album: THE FOLK ERA (Original Capitol LP record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) (S)TLC-2180 - 196? Album: MAKE WAY / GOIN' PLACES (Capitol CD re-issue of previously available tracks from MAKE WAY and GOIN' PLACES) CDP 7 96836 2 - 1992 -- TRACK TIME: (2:51) Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO: THEIR GREATEST AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest CD re-issue of previously available tracks from assorted Capitol LP albums (1958-1964)) 093C - 1994 -- TRACK TIME: (2:53) Album: EARLY AMERICAN HEROS (Pair Records CD record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - Catalogue# N/A -- (c)(p) date N/A Album: THE GUARD YEARS (Bear Family Records CD re-issue of previously recorded material) BCD 16160 JK - 1997
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The Kingston Trio: Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances Hangman (Reynolds-Yagodka) Nick Reynolds wrote this song with Adam Yagodka in 1960. A lament with a glimmer of hope, "Hangman" is about a man on the verge of execution who finds himself rejected even by his brother and father. But at the last moment he learns that his sweetheart still loves him, for she's the only one who didn't come to see him "hangin' from the gallows pole."

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Hangman
Hangman, hangman, hangman, slack your rope a while.
Think I see my brother, ridin' many a mile.
Well, brother, did you bring me silver? Brother, did you bring me gold
Or did you come to see me hangin' from the gallows pole?
No, I didn't bring you any silver. No, I didn't bring any gold.
I just come to see you hangin' from the gallows pole.

Hangman, hangman, hangman, slack your rope a while.
Think I see my father, ridin' many a mile.
Well, father did you bring me any silver? Father, did you bring me any gold
Or did you come to see me hangin' from the gallows pole?
No, I didn't bring you any silver. No, I didn't bring any gold.
I just come to see you hangin' from the gallows pole.

Hangman, hangman, hangman, slack your rope a while.
Think I see my sweetheart, ridin' many a mile.
Well, sweetheart did you bring any silver? Sweetheart, did you bring a little gold
Or did you come to see me hangin' from the gallows pole?
Yes, I brought a little silver. Yes, I brought a little gold.
I didn't come to see you hangin' from the gallows pole.

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