Discover the story of the song > Come Little Children The Hanging Tree – peter hollens

The protagonist is inviting children into a magical land of shadows and shows them a way through sadness and pain. He mentions a hanging tree where a man was hung for murdering three people and strange things happened there. The protagonist reassures the children that it's okay to feel tired and deceived by life, but they should not weep and come to the hanging tree at midnight if they want to see strange things.