Tom DooleyArtists: The Kingston Trio (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1958)Adapted from a folk song by Trio member Dave GuardSPOKEN INTRO.: Throughout history there have been many songs written about the Eternal Triangle. This next one tells the story of a Mr. Grayson, a beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang.Hang down your head, Tom DooleyHang down your head and cryHang down your head, Tom DooleyPoor boy, you're bound to dieI met her on the mountain, there I took her lifeMet her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knifeHang down your head, Tom DooleyHang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)Hang down your head, Tom DooleyPoor boy, you're bound to dieThis time tomorrow reckon where I'll beHadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee (well now, boy)Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cryHang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cryPoor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cryHang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cryPoor boy, you're bound to dieThis time tomorrow reckon where I'll beDown in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white oak treeHang down your head, Tom DooleyHang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)Hang down your head, Tom DooleyPoor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)Hang down your head, Tom DooleyHang down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh)Hang down your head, Tom DooleyPoor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to----dieTranscribed by Ronald E.
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