Various songs are mentioned in The Hunger Games trilogy.

"The Valley Song"

"The Valley Song" is a song sung by Katniss to Rue, who was on her deathbed after Marvel (the boy tribute from District 1) speared her in the stomach. For Katniss to sing was Rue's Iast request. Upon hearing this, Katniss did not know what to sing. She remembered a lullaby, that she would sing to Prim when Pri

"Deep In the Meadow" by Sting(03:22)
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m was ill. The words are easy, soothing, and calming. It can be found in The Hunger Games and at the end of Mockingjay.

It is also used in the unofficial short film, Hunger Games: Katniss & Rue.

Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, A moonbeam ray, Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.

"The Hanging Tree"

This song was taught to Katniss Everdeen by her father, Mr. Everdeen, when she was young. Her mother, Mrs. Everdeen heard her singing the song and watched Prim making necklaces of rope to go with it with Katniss. Fearful, Mrs. Everdeen yelled at Mr. Everdeen, who told Katniss to forget the song lyrics. This caused Katniss to run into the meadow under a tree crying, and of course remembered every word of the song. After Mr. Everdeen's death, the song played itself over and over in Katniss's head.

When she was younger she didn't know what it meant, but eventually she understood that the person singing the song was a dead man calling for his lover to come join him in death. Before her mother banned it, Katniss and Prim made rope necklaces like in the song. It meant that a life of torture must have not been worth living. At one point in revelation, Katniss really understands what this means, because she knows that being tortured by the Capitol is a much worse fate than death. Katniss sings this to Pollux after she plays with the mockingjays. This song is mentioned many times throughout Mockingjay.

Three different fan interpretations of "The Hanging Tree":

The Hanging Tree (Hunger Games Arrangement)(02:03)
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The Hanging Tree - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins(01:05)
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Are you, Are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree

Are you, Are you
Coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree'

The Hanging Tree - (The Hunger Games - Mockingjay)(02:20)
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Are you, Are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, Are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here,
No stranger would it be', 'If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

"The Valley Song"

The Valley Song is mentioned in the first Hunger Games novel by Peeta in the caves. It is most likely a reference to an old folk song. It goes something like this:

Down in the valley, the valley so low

Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow;

Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,

Angels in Heaven know I love you,

Know I love you, dear, know I love you,

Angels in Heaven know I love you.

Build me a castle, forty feet high;

So I can see her as she rides by,

As she rides by, dear, as she rides by,

So I can see her as she rides by.

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,

Angels in Heaven know I love you,

Know I love you, dear, know I love you,

Angels in Heaven know I love you.