The Maid Freed From The Gallows (hi-lo)

THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS hi-lo
English folk song
Key: Bm

 -6    -6   -6     5  -4  4
 -10   -10  -10    8  -8  7
Slack your rope, hangs-a-man

-3” -3” 4   4 -3”  4
-6  -6  7   7 -6   7
O slack it for a while

6   6   6  6  -6 7   -6   6   5
9   9   9  9 -10 10  -10  9   8
I think I see my fa-ther com-ing

 6  -6   6  6 5  6
 9  -10  9  9 8  9
Rid-ing man-y a mile

6 -6  7    -6   6     5    6   6
9 -10 10   -10  9     8    9   9
O fa-ther have you brought me gold

6   -6   7   -6  6   5
9   -10  10  -10 9   8
Or have you paid my fee

6   -6   7   -6  6   5  -4  4   -3”
9   -10 10   -10 9   8  -8  7   -6
Or have you come to see me hang-ing

4   4   4   4    4
7   7   7   7    7
On the gal-lows tree

6  -6   7    -6     6   5
9  -10  10   -10    9   8
I have not brought you gold

6  -6   7   -6   6    5
9  -10 10   -10  9    8
I have not paid your fee

 6 -6  7    -6  6   5  -4   4   -3”
 9 -10 10   -10 9   8  -8   7   -6
But I have come to see you hang-ing

4   4   4   4    4
7   7   7   7    7
On the gal-lows tree