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 took her on the mountain
There I took her life
I took her on the mountain
Stabbed her with a knife

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

I reckon in the morning
Reckon where I'll be
If it hadn't of been for Sherrif Grayson
I'd have been in Tennessee

I'm singing
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

I reckon in the morning
Reckon where I'll be
I'll be down in the valley
Hanging from a wide oak tree

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

I reckon in the morning
Reckon where I'll be
I'll be down in the valley
Hanging from a wide oak

I'm singing
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're gonna to die

