Somehow Munrow’s Retro continues to introduce me to music from groups I thought I completely knew. This vid left us hanging, however. I’ll show myself out now.
Hahaha .. well that is the theme of the song is it not? Listening to the song closely, it really sounds as though the hangman doublecrosses both the condemned man and his sister as well, because you can hear him plainly singing "she's swinging from the gallows pole." That is NOT what is in the printed lyrics on line, but I have a fine ear. So the entire video is correct.
That must have been the film that did that. All I did was speed it up a little at the very end to match the song ending. I even transported a few scenes from the main film, Wicked Lady, to make it appear she had an audience too. She functions as the sister who gets double crossed by the hangman when she tries to save her brother's life by utilizing her charms ... and ends up on the gallows as well.
Well, yes, probably from today's perspective. Quite commonplace an event back then, people didn't have cable TV or downloadable films yet. You had to make your own entertainment it appears. A folk song with many different lyrics and twists of rope.
You got it wrong, the doomed man gave the hangman his sister in return for his freedom: "Hangman, hangman upon your face is smiles you can tell me that I'm free to ride- ride many a miles miles", etc." Amazingly good tune on bluegrass.
The lyrics vary depending on who is doing the song. I have the old Kingston Trio version, where I first heard it, and it is at odds with Led Zeppelin's version. I imagine the original Scottish version is different too (along with Fairport Convention's). In any event, after his friends and brother are not able to bribe the hangman, he sets his sister to the task of bribing him to set him free in return for her sexual favors, but never intended her to take his place ... not in the Zeppelin version. Technically, the online version of the lyrics say that after performing certain acts on the hangman, the man hangs anyway. That's all. Not that she hangs. BUT if you have a sharp ear, you can here him taunting the hanged man that he has hanged her sister as well and is she is swinging on the gallows pole too. As it turns out, trying to bribe the hangman was a capital offense, if enforced. How did I get it wrong. The difference is you say in the version you know the condemned man intentionally exchanged his sister for his own life. I am saying she bribed the hangman with sex, and was double-crossed and ended up on the gallows. Either way she swings. Again, lyrics vary, there must be a dozen versions.
What’s not explained in this video or the song however is that the sister and hangman eventually wed. They lived happily ever after on the gold and silver and little of everything the brother brought. Nasty, nasty people
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Somehow Munrow’s Retro continues to introduce me to music from groups I thought I completely knew. This vid left us hanging, however. I’ll show myself out now.
Oh, what a gibe… (or gibbet?). David Lynch could not do better! ; )
Hahaha .. well that is the theme of the song is it not? Listening to the song closely, it really sounds as though the hangman doublecrosses both the condemned man and his sister as well, because you can hear him plainly singing "she's swinging from the gallows pole." That is NOT what is in the printed lyrics on line, but I have a fine ear. So the entire video is correct.
Listen to the original Scottish version
You may want to listen to some Pentangle and Fairport Convention. I'm dating myself.
Another classic song as well as a masterpiece by a legend.
Thanks Kimberly!
I like the reverse-rewind kicking legs there at the end.
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That must have been the film that did that. All I did was speed it up a little at the very end to match the song ending. I even transported a few scenes from the main film, Wicked Lady, to make it appear she had an audience too. She functions as the sister who gets double crossed by the hangman when she tries to save her brother's life by utilizing her charms ... and ends up on the gallows as well.
What movie is this clip from?
The greater portion of the video is from The Wicked Lady (1983).
This is wierd
Well, yes, probably from today's perspective. Quite commonplace an event back then, people didn't have cable TV or downloadable films yet. You had to make your own entertainment it appears. A folk song with many different lyrics and twists of rope.
You got it wrong, the doomed man gave the hangman his sister in return for his freedom: "Hangman, hangman upon your face is smiles you can tell me that I'm free to ride- ride many a miles miles", etc." Amazingly good tune on bluegrass.
The lyrics vary depending on who is doing the song. I have the old Kingston Trio version, where I first heard it, and it is at odds with Led Zeppelin's version. I imagine the original Scottish version is different too (along with Fairport Convention's). In any event, after his friends and brother are not able to bribe the hangman, he sets his sister to the task of bribing him to set him free in return for her sexual favors, but never intended her to take his place ... not in the Zeppelin version. Technically, the online version of the lyrics say that after performing certain acts on the hangman, the man hangs anyway. That's all. Not that she hangs. BUT if you have a sharp ear, you can here him taunting the hanged man that he has hanged her sister as well and is she is swinging on the gallows pole too. As it turns out, trying to bribe the hangman was a capital offense, if enforced. How did I get it wrong. The difference is you say in the version you know the condemned man intentionally exchanged his sister for his own life. I am saying she bribed the hangman with sex, and was double-crossed and ended up on the gallows. Either way she swings. Again, lyrics vary, there must be a dozen versions.
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Another classic song as well as a masterpiece.
What’s not explained in this video or the song however is that the sister and hangman eventually wed. They lived happily ever after on the gold and silver and little of everything the brother brought. Nasty, nasty people
@@mikemunrowsretro8973they both did...it's the hangman.