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THE HANGING TREE song lyrics by Joel Sattler



I swear I don't know nothing
I swear I'm innocent
Why are you taking me
Down to the hanging tree?

I swear I didn't know her
Well, maybe once or twice
But I can't be guilty
Please not the hanging tree

Maybe I saw her walking
Walking through the town
But that can't be the reason
You want to take me down

Maybe I talked to her
She didn't make a sound
Maybe she was teasing
But please don't take me down

How can you try to blame me
For what I'd never do
And if you said I did it
I'll swear it isn't true

It isn't true
It isn't true
It just can not
Can not be true

She was a pretty thing
I think I heard her sing
It wasn't meant to be
To end at the hanging tree

Untie the rope around me
Untie my bonded hands
Why are you blaming me
I do not understand

She lay there in the corner
I don't remember how
But now you're taking me
Down to the hanging tree

I don't know just what happened
I don't know anything
Why are you taking me
Down to hanging tree?

The hanging tree has been here
Since before there was a town
There's nothing left to save me
Unless God strikes it down

I swear I don't know nothing
I swear I'm innocent
Why are you taking me
Down to the hanging tree?

I swear I don't know nothing
I swear I'm innocent
Why are you taking me
Down to the hanging tree?


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