An Angel From Montgomery is actually a term that originates in Alabama--it was slang for a last minute death row pardon from the governor, who was in Montgomery. Eventually it also came to mean any kind of pardon after a while. I love how the woman in the song is asking for her own death row pardon, a pardon from the hard life/slow death she's in--the despair is just so poignant.
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UberWench sez...
Date: 2003-09-22 07:50 pm (UTC)John Prine rules.