The Hanging Tree

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Are you, Are you

Coming to the tree?

In the blackness of night I will stay

And will you see?

Will you see the children play

Right beside the tree?

Could they ever know?

About the people who come

And how they never go

And will they ever see

The branches where

I left marks for thee

And do they see the tear

On my stocking

On my dress

As I swing

I promise I won’t leave a mess

Just a rope

Just a shoe

Just little note

That I left for you

“I am sorry if my dress is torn

But I was hoping you would see the pain

And we could pray for a calmer storm

But you never came, and this pain I couldn’t tame

But if you can’t cope

Side by side with me,

Wear a necklace of rope

If we ever met up at midnight, in the hanging tree.”

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