About This Song
About "Hangknot, Slipknot" by Woody Guthrie
Guthrie's 'Hangknot, Slipknot' is a dark, gallows-humor lullaby, its title a grim pun. The spare melody and Guthrie's weary drawl evoke a rope's tightening coil—a meditation on mortality that's both playful and chilling, the noose swinging in the dusty Oklahoma wind.
