The Hanging Tree (Marty Robbins Song)
| The hanging tree | |
|---|---|
| Marty Robbins | |
| publication | 1959 |
| length | 2:54 |
| Genre (s) | Film music , country music |
| text | Mack David |
| music | Jerry Livingston |
| Label | Columbia |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination in 1960 as "Best Song" |
| album | Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs |
| Cover versions | |
| 1963 | Frankie Laine |
| 1966 | Leroy Van Dyke |
The Hanging Tree is a song from the soundtrack of the film The Gallows Tree from 1959. The song was composed by Jerry Livingston , and the lyrics were written by Mack David . It is sung by Marty Robbins in the film . The leading roles in the western are cast with Gary Cooper , Maria Schell and Karl Malden .
Academy Awards, lyrics
In 1960 , The Hanging Tree was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Song” category. However, the award went to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for their song High Hopes from the comedy movie One Size Too Big .
The song reads: "I came to town to look for gold and I brought a memory with me." There is also talk of how someone entrusted his dreams to the tree with the mighty drooping branches, dreams of a love, that could never be and have left his heart and all memories on this self-supporting tree. Men who took his gold from him then carried him to this tree and he made the experience that in order to really live one must be close to death and so be it, because by taking his gold they set them free him from a burden. And when he left the tree behind, his own true love went with him.
Cover versions
Frankie Laine released the song in 1963 on his album Rawhide . Also Leroy Van Dyke recorded the song in 1966 in his album Cowboy Country on.
In 1959, Marty Robbins' version of The Hanging Tree was at number 6 on the US Billboard charts for thirteen weeks and on Canada 33 for six weeks.
Web links
- The 32nd Academy Awards | 1960 sS oscars.org
- The Hanging Tree In: catalogue.nla.gov.au.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hanging Tree , sung by Marty Robbins
- ↑ The Hanging Tree , sung by Frankie Laine
- ↑ The Hanging Tree , sung by Leroy Van Dyke
- ↑ Song artist 725 - Marty Robbins at tsort.info (English). Retrieved January 12, 2019.