lirik lagu lead belly – the gallis pole
[verse 1]
father, did you bring me the silver
father, did you bring me the gold?
what did you bring me, dear father
keep me from the gallows pole?
[chorus 1]
yeah, what did you?
yeah, what did you?
what did you bring me, keep me from the gallows pole?
[spoken]
in olden times years ago, when you put a man in prison behind the bars in a jailhouse
if you had fifteen or twenty-five or thirty dollars
you could save him from the gallows pole ’cause they gonna hang him if you don’t bring up a little money
everybody would come to the jailhouse and boy would ran upside the jail; he was married, too
as for who brang him something, lot of comfort, here comes his mother
[verse 2]
mother, did you bring me the silver
mother, did you bring me the gold?
what did you bring me, dear mother
keep me from the gallows pole?
[chorus 1]
yeah, what did you?
yeah, what did you?
what did you bring me, keep me from the gallows pole?
[verse 3]
son, i brought you some silver
son, i brought you some gold
son, i brought you a little of everything
keep you from the gallows pole
[chorus 2]
yeah, i brought it
yeah, i brought it
i brought you, keep you from the gallows pole
[spoken]
here come his wife
his wife brought him all kind of clock parts and trace change
everything in the world she could to get him out of the jailhouse
[verse 3]
wife, did you bring me the silver
wife, did you bring me the gold?
what did you bring me, dear wifey
save me from the gallows pole?
[chorus 1]
yeah, what did you?
yeah, what did you?
what did you bring me, keep me from the gallows pole?
[verse 4]
friends, did you bring me the silver
friends, did you bring me the gold?
what did you bring me, my dear friends
keep me from the gallows pole?
[chorus]
yeah, what did you?
yeah, what did you?
what did you bring me, keep me from the gallows pole?
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