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Doc Watson - Tom Dooley lyrics



Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.

You left her by the roadside

Where you begged to be excused;

You left her by the roadside,

Then you hid her clothes and shoes.

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.

You took her on the hillside

For to make her your wife;

You took her on the hillside,

And ther you took her life.

You dug the grave four feet long

And you dug it three feet deep;

You rolled the cold clay over her

And tromped it with your feet.

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.

"Trouble, oh it's trouble

A-rollin' through my breast;

As long as I'm a-livin', boys,

They ain't a-gonna let me rest.

I know they're gonna hang me,

Tomorrow I'll be dead,

Though I never even harmed a hair

On poor little Laurie's head."

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.

"In this world and one more

Then reckon where I'll be;

If is wasn't for Sheriff Grayson,

I'd be in Tennesee.

You can take down my old violin

And play it all you please.

For at this time tomorrow, boys,

Iit'll be of no use to me."

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.

"At this time tomorrow

Where do you reckon I'll be?

Away down yonder in the holler

Hangin' on a white oak tree.

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang your head and cry;

You killed poor Laurie Foster,

And you know you're bound to die.
Songs list of album: Doc Watson (1964)
         Title Rating
01   Nashville Blues lyrics   -
02    Sitting on Top of the World lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Intoxicated Rat lyrics   -
04    Country Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    Talk About Suffering lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Born About Six Thousand Years Ago lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Black Mountain Rag lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Omie Wise lyrics  
5.00
09    Georgie Buck lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Doc's Guitar lyrics Add lyrics   -
11   Deep River Blues lyrics   -
12   St. James Hospital lyrics  
4.73
13   Tom Dooley lyrics   -
 

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