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Kingston Trio |
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Miscellaneous |
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Tom Dooley |
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(Spoken) |
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Throughout history, there've been many songs written about the eternal |
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triangle. |
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The next one tells a story of a Mister Grayson, |
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a beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley. |
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When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang. |
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, |
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hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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I met her on the mountain, there I took her life. |
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Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife. |
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, |
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hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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This time tomorrow, Reckon where I'll be, |
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hadn't I been for Grayson, I'd been in Tennessee. |
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, |
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poor boy, oh well-a- |
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hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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Oh, well, now, boy. |
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, |
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poor boy, oh well-a- |
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hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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This time tomorrow, Reckon where I'll be, |
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down in some lonesome valley, hangin' from a white oak tree. |
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, |
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hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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Oh, well, now, boy |
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Hang down your head and cry, hang down your head and cry. |
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Hang down your head and cry, poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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Poor boy, you're bound to die. |
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Poor boy, you're bound to die. |
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Poor boy, you're bound to die! |
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(There are two versions of this traditional sung by The Kingston Trio. |
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In the second version the vocals of the 3rd and 4th chorus have been |
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swapped. Also the lead vocal seems to sound somewhat older than in the |
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first version :-). |