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Composer: Alan Lomax, Frank Warner

The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley lyrics



Tom Dooley

Artists: The Kingston Trio (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1958)
Adapted from a folk song by Trio member Dave Guard

SPOKEN 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 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 (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die

This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
Hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee (well now, boy)

Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)

Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
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 (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh)
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

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz@worldnet.att.net
Songs list of album: An Evening with the Kingston Trio [live] (1962)
         Title Rating
01    Little Light lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Coplas lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Sinking of the Reuben James lyrics Add lyrics   -
04    The Wagoner's Lad lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    M.T.A. lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Chilly Winds lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    The Shape of Things lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Hard, Ain't It Hard lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   Tom Dooley lyrics   -
10    Wimoweh lyrics Add lyrics   -
11   The Merry Minuet lyrics   -
12    Scotch and Soda lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Where Have All the Flowers Gone? lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    When the Saints Go Marching In lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    Goin' Away for to Leave You lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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