Tom Dooley

(John A. Lomax - arr. J.E. Brown & Felton Jarvis)



Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy you're bound to die.



Met her on the mountain

There I took her life

Met her on the mountain

And stubbed her with my knife.



Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy you're bound to die.



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This time tomorrow

Reckon where I'll be

Down in some lonesome valley

And swinging from the big pine tree.



Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy you're bound to die.



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This time tomorrow

Reckon where I'll be

If it hadn't been Fort Felton

I'd've been in Nashville Tennessee.



Yeah, hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy you're bound to die.



Come on now, hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy you're bound to die...