Gallows lyrics

I think the three of them were in relationship, that was inacceptable in their era, and they also committed a crime together, like killing someone.. The girls seem to be witches, they were told about the man's fate by the raven in the forest, so they drank poison so they could reunite with their love in afterlife, and also to avoid accusations and punishment

He was having a relationship with both girls. The dual tattoos on the chest seems like a symbol of the split affection. As he was meeting them at the willow tree, he knelt down like he was proposing to them. I would think this would be the reason he was hung for. I can't imagine that a 3-way marriage would go over very well and this could have even been part of the girls' family.

I think the girls' poisoned themselves with the idea of meeting him in the afterlife to pick up where they left off. The final scene of the young man walking towards the willow tree with a girl's hand in each of his reminds me of the last scene in titanic. Jack and rose reunited at last. Although we are left to assume this scene happened before they died, there is that lingering question of 'what really happened to them? ' if they were able to meet again, then that last scene may have been the happy ending after all.

The girl was actually schizophrenic.so... It was only 1 girl.but she thot she was being followed or she had an imaginary friend.the man was her lover.he was hanged for some unknown reason.she killed herself with poison to be with him again.to be in the afterlife with him to stay in a memory or a place where they both felt safe;aka. The willow.he had given her a locket bcuz he knew he was going to die.

It is a beautivul song it is so... Hmm i dont know it is sooo beutivul i cant tell it you .!!!
I know the song from my dad he is a verry strange person!!

And sorry my english isnt good because i comming from germany

To me is obvius that the man was in a relationship with them both and was hung because of that. The tattos on his chest: two couple of praying, female hands and the open flower in the middle: his open heart.
After death they could meet again and he could marry them both. Beautiful.

He was a murderer. They died before him, not after him. He was hanged for killing them. I don't really understand how that's not obvious.

Don't you think he was in trouble due to marrying them both? I mean otherwise why would it show the bit where he holds out two rings, one for each of them and they both take it... I think it was immoral or something for him to have two wives and that is why he was hung?.?.?.?

I'm guessing that they were very sheltered girls & he was a drifting gypsy. They formed some sort of attachment & quite possibly he was accused of something... Improper behavior, witchcraft or the occult. Christianity was very strong then & there was no possibility of any further friendship or courtship with a person so unlike their own kind. Very sad, accusations led to death by hanging... The girls ingested poison in order to end their lives as they were unable to have any say in the outcome of the young man's fate. A very sad & tragic tale, one that was very real in that time period. Class & breeding meant everything and one did not cross the line...