The Maid Freed From the Gallows (part 2)

Title

The Maid Freed From the Gallows (part 2)

Digital Object

Performer

Browning, Bradley

Date Recorded

1937-09-09

AFS Number

1387B1

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304

Editor Note

Note that despite the title, this is the typical American variant in which the protagonist is a man, not a maid. Elizabeth Lomax announces the title as "The Man Made Free from the Gallows," as it might have been known locally.

Genre

ballad

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Bell

Town

Arjay

Tags

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Citation

“The Maid Freed From the Gallows (part 2),” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 20, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/457.