(Traditional)
Tom Dooley Lyrics
Hang down your head Tom DooleyHang 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
I met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with a knife
This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be
If it hadn't of been for Grayson
I'd have been in Tennessee
This time tomorrowReckon where I'll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hanging from a wide oak tree
Historical Origins:
Tom Dooley is based on a true story. Laura (sometimes Laurie) Foster was murdered in 1866 in North Carolina. Local legend tells that both she and Annie Melton were in love with Tom Dula (sometimes Dooley), and further that Sheriff Grayson, the man who arrested him and also drove the horses from beneath him when he was hanged, was jealous of Tom. Some believe that he either committed the murder himself or helped Annie Melton, who is reputed to have murdered Laura Foster out of jealousy.
Tom Dooley Singers
The Kingston Trio (billboard hit 1958) 1957
* New Lost City Ramblers - 1960 * Glen Neaves & The Grayson County Boys - 1962 * Frank Proffitt - 1962 * Bradley Wayne - 1963 * Doc Watson - 1964 * Johnny Rivers - 1965 * The Bergerfolk - 1971 * The Country Gentlemen - 1973.
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