A
hanging tree is any tree used to perform executions by hanging.
Hanging tree or The Hanging Tree may also refer to:
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Gallows
A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended (i.e., hung) or "weighed". Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks ...
, a frame for carrying out execution by hanging
Music
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The Hanging Tree (band)
The Hanging Tree were an Australian progressive metal, stoner rock band formed in 1992 by Flynn Gower on guitar, Rohan Mellick on guitar, Daniel Parkinson on bass guitar and Emmy Walters on lead vocals. They were joined in 1995 by Lucius Borich ...
, an Australian stoner rock band of the mid to late 1990s
Songs
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"Hanging Tree" (Counting Crows song)
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"The Hanging Tree" (Marty Robbins song) (1959)
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"The Hanging Tree" (''The Hunger Games'' song) (2014)
*"The Hanging Tree", a 1998 song by Arena from ''
The Visitor''
*"Hanging Tree", a 2001 song by Blackmore's Night from ''
Fires at Midnight
''Fires at Midnight'' is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released July 10, 2001 through SPV/ Steamhammer. In comparison to their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaini ...
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*"Hanging Tree", a 2001 song by The Desert Sessions from ''
Volumes 7 & 8''
**"Hanging Tree", a 2002 cover by Queens of the Stone Age from ''
Songs for the Deaf
''Songs for the Deaf'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 27, 2002 by Interscope Records. It features guest musicians including drummer Dave Grohl, and was the last Queens of the Stone ...
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*"Hangin' Tree", a 1988 song by Green River from ''
Sub Pop 200''
*"Hanging Tree", a 1990 song by Bob Mould from ''
Black Sheets of Rain''
*"Hanging Tree", a 1977 song by Uriah Heep from ''
Firefly''
Other uses
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Hanging tree (United States)
A hanging tree or hangman's tree is any tree used to perform executions by hanging, especially in the United States. The term is also used colloquially in all English-speaking countries to refer to any gallows.
Hanging trees in the United Stat ...
, any tree used to perform executions by hanging
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''The Hanging Tree'' (Aaronovitch novel), a 2016 novel by Ben Aaronovitch
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The Hanging Tree (Johnson novel), a 1957 novel by Dorothy M. Johnson
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''The Hanging Tree'' (film), a 1959 movie directed by Delmer Daves, based on the novel by Dorothy Johnson
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