To: goldworldnet who wrote (1260 ) 3/13/2006 1:16:27 PM From: ManyMoose Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 32137 I might have posted this before. It was the theme song for a movie called "The Hanging Tree" which starred Gary Cooper. Marty Robbins came to Missoula for the premiere because the author of the novel the film was based on, Dorothy Johnson, lived there. I had read her book and loved it, and loved the movie. Marty sang the song on stage at the Fox Theater, which was almost brand new at the time. He introduced Dorothy Johnson, who was in the audience. Artist/Band: Robbins Marty Lyrics for Song: The Hanging Tree Lyrics for Album: Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songscowboylyrics.com I came to town to search for gold And I brought with me a memory And I seem to hear the night wind cry, "Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree Your dreams of love that could never be Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!" I searched tor gold and I found my gold And I found a girl who loved just me And I wished that I could love her too But I'd left my heart on the hangin' tree I'd left my heart with a memory And a faded dream on the hangin' tree. Now there were men who craved my gold And meant to take my gold from me When a man is gone he needs no gold So they carried me to the hangin' tree To join my dreams and a memory Yes they carried me to the hangin' tree. To really live you must almost die And it happened just that way with me They took the gold and set me free And I walked away from the hangin' tree I walked away from the hangin' tree And my own true love, she walked with me! That's when I knew that the hangin' tree Was a tree of life, new life for me A tree of hope, new hope for me A tree of love, new love tor me The hangin' tree, the hangin' tree, the hangin' tree!