G  D  G  D  G  D  G

[Chorus]
D                 G
Oh, the prickilie bush
   C                    D
It pricks my heart full sore
     G        D          G         C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
     G         D        G
I'll never get in it anymore


[Verse 1]
D                  G
Hangman, stay your rope
         C              D
Will you stay it for a while
  G       D      G      C
I think I see my mother coming
G           D      G
Riding over yonder stile


[Verse 2]
D                        G
Mother, did you bring me gold
   C                D
Or silver to pay my fee
       G       D             G         C
For to save my body from the cold clay ground
   G             D       G
My neck from the gallows tree


[Verse 3]
D                  G
I didn't bring you gold
   C                  D
Or silver to pay your fee
    G      D       G       C
But I have come to see you hang
G      D       G
On the gallows tree


[Chorus]
D                 G
Oh, the prickilie bush
   C                    D
It pricks my heart full sore
     G        D          G         C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
     G         D        G
I'll never get in it anymore


[Verse 4]
D                  G
Hangman, stay your rope
         C              D
Will you stay it for a while
  G       D      G      C
I think I see my father coming
G    D      G
Over yonder stile


[Verse 5]
D                        G
Father, did you bring me gold
   C                D
Or silver to pay my fee
   G        D       G      C
Or have you come to see me hang
G      D       G
On the gallows tree


[Verse 6]
D                 G
I didn't bring ya gold
   C                  D
Or silver to pay your fee
     G          D      G      C
Your mother and I have come today
G                 D       G
To see you on the gallows tree


[Chorus]
D                 G
Oh, the prickilie bush
   C                    D
It pricks my heart full sore
     G        D          G         C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
     G         D        G
I'll never get in it anymore


[Verse 7]
D                  G
Hangman, stay your rope
C               D
Once more for a while
  G       D      G       C
I think I see my darling coming
G    D      G
Over yonder stile


[Verse 8]
D                         G
Darling, did you bring me gold
   C                D
Or silver to pay my fee
       G       D             G         C
For to save my body from the cold clay ground
G                D       G
My neck from the gallows tree


[Verse 9]
D            G
I brought ya gold
    C                  D
And silver to pay your fee
  G       D       G       C
I did not come to see you hang
G      D       G
On the gallows tree


[Chorus]
D                 G
Oh, the prickilie bush
   C                    D
It pricks my heart full sore
    G            D          G         C
But now that I'm out of the prickilie bush
     G         D        G
I'll never get in it anymore