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John Jacob Niles

Gallows

There is a great write up on this song and it’s origins here. Sorry to start the week off on a down note, but this song has been stuck in my head all weekend.

John Jacob Niles – The Maid Freed From The Gallows (Child Ballad No 95)

This entry was posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009 at 12:00 am by Jesse and is filed under Ballads, Traditional. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “John Jacob Niles”

  1. adriel Says:
    April 6th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    absolutely perfect

  2. relbats Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 9:11 am

    is this the same version of this song heard in mister lonely?

  3. Jesse Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    yeah

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