throughout history
there have been many songs
written about the eternal triangle
this next one tells the history
of 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
hang down your head Tom Dooley
poor boy you're bound to die
this time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
hadn't it been for Grayson
I'd been in Tennessee
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 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
down in some lonesome valley
hanging from a white old 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
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