35 of 1001 Songs: Lead Belly's The Gallis Pole

The next song on the list is getting me back to the blues, and it's catchy and interesting. The instrumentals were where it was really at for me among the other sounds happening. Also, it's a song you definitely are going to have go back and read the lyrics over as it moves extremely quick. I imagine people had to be moving with the pace of this song.

History: This song existed before Lead Belly covered it. His version though switched it up a bit though with more emphasis on the lyrics, and an instrument that would liven the tune up a lot. It was also the song that launched the song to be more familiar to the public as it is today. The song would go on to be covered by many other artists though like Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin, charting the song's popularity didn't stop with artists.