The Gallows Pole
by
Roger McGuinn
is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Some of you may think this song was written by Lead Belly, or Led Zeppelin, or is the name of a now defunct German band, but it's really a traditional American song that may date back to the 18th Century. A case of true love being stronger than blood.
Lyrics and chords available from Folk Den Project.