[Intro]

             
Well, I can he

              
ar mamma singi

             
n' the hangin'

  
 tree
             
Sound like som

             
eone singin' h

      
armony
             
And me and my 

             
brother we don

          
't make a peep
             
We go down slo

             
w to the hangi

   
n' tree
             
Hangin' tree's

              
 down by the r

        
iver's edge
             
We come up str

              
eam and peek o

         
ver the ledge
             
And mamma's go

              
t a rope and a

           
 kitchen knife
             
And the harmon

              
y singer is th

             
e preacher's w


ife
             
Mamma put a bi

             
ble in her rig

      
ht hand
             
And asked her 

              
if she been se

          
ein' her man
             
Well, me and m

              
y brother don'

            
t hear no more
             
Cause right th

              
en the rain be

         
gan to pour
             
It was an hour

              
 past dark whe

             
n she came bac

      
k home
             
And we never s

              
aw papa round 

          
here no more
             
Mamma took to 

              
sittin' by the

           
 hangin' tree
             
But there ain'

              
t no body sing

         
in' harmony
             
The preacher's

              
 wife she don'

             
t leave his si

  
de
             
And we ain't g

             
ot papa to tan

        
 no hide
             
My older broth

             
er he took his

    
 life
             
And I took to 

              
peepin' on the

             
 preacher's wi


fe
             
I left my mamm

             
a when I was s

     
ixteen
             
Strung up in t

              
he limbs of th

             
e hangin' tree



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