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Tom Dooley Lyrics By The Kingston Trio

    throughout history there have been many songs written about the eternal triangle this next one tells the story of mister 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 dooley
    hang down your head and cry
    hang down your head tom dooley
    poor boy you’re bound to die

    i met her on the mountain
    there i took her life
    met her on the mountain
    stabbed 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

    this time tomorrow
    reckon where i’ll be
    hadn’ta been for grayson
    i’da been in tennessee

    well now boy
    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

    hang down your head and try tom dooley
    hang down your head and cry
    hang down your head and try tom dooley
    poor boy you’re bound to die

    this time tomorrow
    reckon where i’ll be
    down in some lonesome valley
    hangin’ from a white oak 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

    well now boy
    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

    poor boy you’re bound to die
    poor boy you’re bound to die
    poor boy you’re bound to die

    Artist: The Kingston Trio

    Year: 1958

    Decade: 50s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 161