Gallows Pole - Names

Names

In addition to "The Maid Freed from the Gallows", "The Prickly Bush" and the more recent "Gallows Pole", variations of the song have been recorded or reported under more than a dozen names. These include:

  • "The Gallis Pole"
  • "The Gallows Tree" (Bert Jansch)
  • "The Prickilie Bush"
  • "Hangman"
  • "Hangman, Slacken"
  • "Hangman, Slack on the Line"
  • "Gallows"
  • "Freed from the Gallows"
  • "Maid Saved"
  • "By a Lover Saved"
  • "Down by the Green Willow Tree"
  • "Girl to be Hanged for Stealing a Comb"
  • "Ropeman"
  • "Ropeman's Ballad"
  • "Prickle Holly Bush"
  • "Derry Gaol"
  • "Hold Your Hands, Old Man"
  • "Old Rabbit, the Voodoo"
  • "The Briery Bush"
  • "The Golden Ball"
  • "Mama, Did You Bring Any Silver?"
  • "Prickle-Eye Bush (Bellowhead and Spiers and Boden)
  • "The Sycamore Tree"

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