The Kingston Trio
Chorus
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,
Verse
I met her on the mountain,
and there I took her life,
Met her on the mountain,
stabbed her with my knife,
Chorus
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,
Verse
This time tomorrow,
reckon’ where I’d be,
Hadn’t been for Grayson,
I’d been in Tennessee,
Chorus
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,
Verse
This time tomorrow,
reckon’ where I’ll be,
Down in some lonesome valley,
hangin’ from a white oak tree,
Chorus
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,
Chorus
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.