When enver will they make a song about the victims of the crimes. It's always baout the poor murderes who say sing about. No one is intersted in the people who fell victim to those psychopaths.
interesting that the pop industry of the time turned away all songs with strong sexual connotations but not this extremely violent song. interesting...
Whoah! Are you kidding me?! This song is about him killin a woman! It aint just today's music that's violent, apparently! Se and violence, that's what sells in America!
today in music class we learned the shift to rock 'n' roll music. my teacher said that the teenagers liked that sort of music better because the text was more appealing to them. she played "tutti frutti" by little richard and then "tom dooley". i was so fascinated by the calm of this song. i've never really heard folk music before. it was something totally new for me, actually. i wonder why people these days always require something new. Why cant they just play the died out music again?
from the days when people took responsibility for their actions, and suffered the consequences. I didn't remember this being a song about murder. It's still a great song, by a great group.
By this time tomorrow, reckon, where you'll be in some lonesome valley, hanging from a white oak tree Ref. Never again in summer watching the flowers grow never again in summer watching the river flow Now that the night is fallin', nobody shares your loneliness now that the night is fallin', you will regret I guess You will regret I guess
We used to sing this in every single school camp. Actually, we learned it in school; plus an additional five verses: Listen, the bells are ringin', they gonna pray for you poor boy, the song they're singin', will be the last for you Ref. Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, this is your last goodbye, hang down your head, Tom Dooley, you know the reason why Met her on the mountain..ect. By this time tomorrow reckon where I'd been if it hadn't been for Grayson I'd been in Tenessee More to come
@FelisTerras I would love to know the rest of the verses you have.I have been listening to and singing this song for 35 years and I never heard anything other than what is written above. Thanks, Sean
@electricmick357: Sorry it took me so long to reply. here the last: "By this time tomorrow, reckon where you'll be, in a lonesome valley, hanging from a wild oak tree. Ref. Never again in summer, watching the flowers grow, never again in summer, watching the river flow. Ref. Now that the night is falling, nobody shares your loneliness, now that the night is falling, you will regret I guess. 3x."
There you go, hope you have as much joy with these lines as I had throughout the years
They used to make us sing this song at school when I was 6. I never really took in what I was singing about until I looked it up now, 15 years later. I am thoroughly disturbed. I hope my old teacher got her ass fired.
i live close to that one girls grave, its just down the road i go there everytime they have one of those fair things. When the cows aren't in the field
I too had the original LP and wore it out. I know of very few people under the age of 50 who know anything about music from this era, or the music of Stephen Foster who was the father of American popular music. If you follow the lineage, in music history terms, Stephen Foster was the grandfather of American folk music, Woody Guthrie was the father, and Pete Seeger, Dylan and Arlo Guthrie (in his case genetically) were the sons. Of course, there are innumerable uncles and cousins too like...
I'm to say that I'm under the age of 50 and listen to music from period in American Musical History. It has a such a special sound and emotional quality that much of today's music is lacking. Also i like your genealogy of folk music lol
"Tom Dooley" was actually a Confederate soldier named Tom Dula who had been taken prisoner by the Federals. Upon his release in 1865, the man in charge of processing insisted that his name was Dooley instead of Dula; not wanting to argue and possibly delay his release, Dula went ahead and signed out as "Tom Dooley". There is still considerable controversy as to whether or not he actually committed the crime for which he was hung, with partisans arguing strongly on both sides of the issue.
@AdmiralCSN Actually, it's also phonetics even though it's spelt "Dula" in the mountains, the "a" gets the "ee" sound, even Laura was Laurie to the mountain folks call her. He actually didn't sign anything other than an X, when he was released, the processing officer signed his name Dooley...which is why he's called "Tom Dooley." As for murder, I am biased, Tom is my 5th cousin 1x removed...He's innocent!
My father had this 45 rpm disc records, he used to play it so many times when I was a child, I'm 38 years now and so many memories about him......I'm going to seek the house to find all of his records.
@elitehalomaster How are you related to him? I mean i get great-great-great uncle, but which of Eliza's children are you related to? I am Tom's 5th cousin 1x removed...
@Shluut4money I guess it's a matter of taste. I love pop folk music. Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Jim Reeves are some of my favourite artist. I'm 35 so these artist were popular before my time same as Bob Dylan who I admire but he isn't on my top list. Kingston Trio are definitely on my top list, so many artist I love today would probably never have found love for folk music if it wasn't for the Trio.
@imagodtoya I'm 20 and i'm a fan of the Kingston Trio, The Ink Spots, Buddy Holly, The Platters, and many others. None of my friends like them, but it's the music that can always make me smile. Without it we wouldn't have any good music these days in my opinion.
@imagodtoya im the same way i grew up with this from my grandfather im only 15 and i love this song and many of the artiusts you named. unfortunaely i will never get to listen to this song with the man in person hes very ill and dieing and this is always the song i listen to when i think about him... im gonna miss you alot grandpa...
@canobeenz Hey Beenzie! Good ta see a young kid like yourself able to appreciate good ol' American folk music, you just renewed my faith in your generation!! If ya liked this, try some of their other songs. M.T.A. is one of their best, and it's one of the original protest songs...maybe THE first! (The Sloop) John B. is another great, sung by them. ....................PEACE............. "Bandit"
i use to date bob's daughter back in the 80's, never met him, but his x wife was very sweet strong woman,and a great family. ive nevered heard of the trio, until i met her,but i listen to them all the time !!!!!
My mom wouldn't let me listen to music from my times, or anything that she didn't first approve of. This is one of the few songs that I grew up with that I loved. :)
Hang down your head DICK CHENEY hang down your head and cry. As much crap as him and george bush put us all through they should both have been put in jail.
@worseto You can't forget your meds. You have been told before, you will end up in 5 point restraints down in the basement of the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane if you don't take those 17 pills each day.
And please, stop wearing your grandmother's dresses. It's really creepy.
Oh my Goodness, what wonderful memories this Song brings back.... A friend, now my Husband brought this record back for me, from Canada to Germany in 1959. I fell in Love with the whole package. THANKS from California
I remember in high school my history teacher introduced this song to the class - fell in love with the Kingston Trio immediately. I'm only 30 and I wish I had lived when these guys first came out - would have probably been a roadie for them!
I am 61 and I had this album...I played it so many times that I must have worn out the grooves and the needles! I know the words to every song by heart! It was like getting back on a bicycle after all these years...such wonderful memories. You could actually sing to these songs!
When I was a teen in Denver , one of the radio stations had a marathon playing this over and over , for a couple of days I think. Seems the management had to break in to stop it. ??? That was 1959 maybe. Anyone out there from Denver Area remember.>?? I hav always loved this song, I am 67 now. Those were the days I fondly remember.
I remember the last night that KIMN was on the air. 1988, Man Mountain Murphy played this song no matter what was requested from the phones. When someone asked for anything by Michael Jackson, he would reply, "You got it! Here is Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley by Michael Jackson." It was a cool move but was probably a career stopper for Man Mountain.
@midevil656 That's fantastic. :) For yrs I thought it was just some silly song he sang as a kid for fun....and here all along it was an Actual song lol I Learned something new :) lol
This song is my # one favorite folk song of all time. I was just eight when it reached the top of the billboard charts in 1958 and it always thrilled me with the 3 part harmony and because it was so easy to sing-a-long which I still do to this day, who can't resist jopining a-long. Folk thrived even more in the 60s and it was mainly as a result of these boys. What say you out there in YT do you have a favorite folk song of your own or is this the one!!
DakotaJim I would have to say Goodnight,Irene by The Weavers is my favourite folk song. Its originally a Leadbelly song but its been covered many times.
Yes they were great and they were also blacklisted during the McCarthy communist hearings just like Pete Seager and god knows how much fame & fortune they lost from these accusations. The Weavers had many other songs including On Top Of Old Smokey that was converted to that other novelty On Top Of Spagetti. Thanks for your reply greatly appreciated!!!
Favorite folk song? Hmmm. Let's see. That's a hard one, isn't it? Gypsy Laddie/Gypsy Davey has to be up there, of course, just for it's adaptability and easily relatable story. In the Pines get's my vote for best folk song, I think.
Great song, lyrics good. Used to listen to this and many more when Dad played them back in the fifties. Brings back my childhood memories in the East End, London.
this song sucks ass
mascorndog3 6 days ago
we always sang this in school. ^^ for a long time i have wanted to draw a picture about this song, maybe i have some time for that this year...
turtlegirl112 4 weeks ago 2
Lol after the top 2000 theres only dutchies here :P Im a 15 year old girl and i love the song :) <333
Stinkdebollo 4 weeks ago
@YourFuturePresident
Me to
merelmijs 1 month ago
yeah i'm 15 yrs old. |: still like it though ;D
SavannahEchelon 1 month ago 4
Top 2000 brought me here
YourFuturePresisdent 1 month ago 7
I'm 20 and I really love this song! It's a song with a really interesting story behind it. Music like this timeless.
Manderijntjee 1 month ago
iM 67 and boy this was a fantastic song back then i learn to play it on my harmonica those where the days yes sir
johnnybegood1957 1 month ago in playlist GRAMMY AWARDS
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Thamk you,Radio Ceylon,which broadcasts this from the 1960's.
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kumarambrose 1 month ago
Great song!!
steelersfan7238 1 month ago
great old song --- thanks for sharing
3Wander6ing 2 months ago
beautiful! huichol53....
huichol53 2 months ago
I like the macabre minstrels version of the song better If ya dont know those guys check em out they are a trip
xxspliffsmokexx 2 months ago
When enver will they make a song about the victims of the crimes. It's always baout the poor murderes who say sing about. No one is intersted in the people who fell victim to those psychopaths.
Btw I like the ong.
TheFritzDietrich 2 months ago
im 15 and i love this song!!
xXGuitarRoXx 2 months ago
interesting that the pop industry of the time turned away all songs with strong sexual connotations but not this extremely violent song. interesting...
GoddamGoblin 2 months ago
This song is so fucked up
BTW im 15
chordize 3 months ago
Whoah! Are you kidding me?! This song is about him killin a woman! It aint just today's music that's violent, apparently! Se and violence, that's what sells in America!
alabaster77 4 months ago
with todays so-called music it,s no-wander that sosiety is screwed-up. listen to the
words IF theres is any, killings, money, drugs,or what have you. bring back the
old stuff, and let,s dance again.
chrishibbs201012 4 months ago
I had this single when I was a little girl. I preferred the other side of it: Ruby Red, but this is the one I remember the most.
qkp000 4 months ago
today in music class we learned the shift to rock 'n' roll music. my teacher said that the teenagers liked that sort of music better because the text was more appealing to them. she played "tutti frutti" by little richard and then "tom dooley". i was so fascinated by the calm of this song. i've never really heard folk music before. it was something totally new for me, actually. i wonder why people these days always require something new. Why cant they just play the died out music again?
sayachanxx 4 months ago 16
i like Macabre's one better :T
AddictedToYAOIDM 4 months ago
Love this :P
chipmunk774 4 months ago
<3
LittleJedwardLover 5 months ago
too bad that they don,t play music like this anymore on radio,
all they play is effin, garbage
chrishibbs201012 5 months ago 2
@chrishibbs201012 Sure right there!
7lloyd777 4 months ago
how many here related to Tom Dooley
twigthewonderkid1 5 months ago
@twigthewonderkid1 me
kateybell1 5 months ago
im realted to tom dooley he is either my 5th or sixth cousin
kateybell1 5 months ago
the third chorus gives me chills every time I hear it.
myguitardidyermom12 5 months ago
im 21 and my parents listen to kingstson trio now i listen as often as i can
MrJimjohnbob 5 months ago
love this song!!!!
bcbackstrom 6 months ago
I'm related to Tom Dooley!
Shawnc201 6 months ago
@Shawnc201 me too!! hes my 5th/6th cousin
kateybell1 5 months ago
@kateybell1 thats awesome!
Shawnc201 5 months ago
from the days when people took responsibility for their actions, and suffered the consequences. I didn't remember this being a song about murder. It's still a great song, by a great group.
naturegal1212 6 months ago
keep your head up Tom! leave the crying to the Bitches
1Gavaghan 6 months ago
Yeah, I liked these folk songs from the old days. I played along with a number of them on my guitar. It helped me practice the guitar.
mikeance 6 months ago
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dooooley :D
MsHIPHOPGIRLY 7 months ago
dooooley :D
MsHIPHOPGIRLY 7 months ago
One of the all time greatest classics. Makes me cry sometimes.
topsalespro 7 months ago 2
This song is no.91 in the world-all-time-charts #kingston #trio
LittleSweety 7 months ago
This happen in fergurson nc right? That's right I know what I m talking about.
MrJkr1994 7 months ago
FelisTerras 7 months ago
FelisTerras 7 months ago
@FelisTerras I would love to know the rest of the verses you have.I have been listening to and singing this song for 35 years and I never heard anything other than what is written above. Thanks, Sean
electricmick357 6 months ago
@electricmick357: Sorry it took me so long to reply. here the last: "By this time tomorrow, reckon where you'll be, in a lonesome valley, hanging from a wild oak tree. Ref. Never again in summer, watching the flowers grow, never again in summer, watching the river flow. Ref. Now that the night is falling, nobody shares your loneliness, now that the night is falling, you will regret I guess. 3x."
There you go, hope you have as much joy with these lines as I had throughout the years
FelisTerras
FelisTerras 5 months ago
been long time for me too.
gege2254 8 months ago
thanks soooo much, not heard this in over 30 years
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35THIRTYFIVE 8 months ago
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I am 63 and have been listening to this song since 1960. It is really wonderful and also al the songs by Kingston Trio. Thanks for uploading
MrLemonverbena1 8 months ago
I am 63 and have been listening to this song since 1960. It is really wonderful and also al the songs by Kigston Trio. Thanks for uploading
MrLemonverbena1 8 months ago 25
I´m 66 and still love the old songs. Feel a bit sorry for the young ones today, they have missed something really good!
FarstaTrollet 1 month ago
@FarstaTrollet They can still listen to it..
Danthaman1971 1 month ago
@FarstaTrollet i'm an 18 years old boy now, and i love it.
i saw and spoke to a lot of artists.
I saw Paul McCartney, Elton John Cliff richard and many more.
Klaus Voormann bass player of John Lennon en George Harrison i spoke with him, also with Graham Gouldman of the group 10CC.
It's sad that the most of the younger people don't like this music anymore.
Greetings from a 18 years old boy who loved music.
The Netherlands.
newyorktown 1 month ago 2
A Classic !!
steveJ1957 8 months ago
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They used to make us sing this song at school when I was 6. I never really took in what I was singing about until I looked it up now, 15 years later. I am thoroughly disturbed. I hope my old teacher got her ass fired.
MissJukebox 8 months ago
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MissJukebox 8 months ago
Beautiful, haunting song though.
MissJukebox 8 months ago
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MissJukebox 8 months ago
Tom Dula was my g-g-great grandfather's 1st Cousin. I knew the song Tom Dooley, before I knew Jesus Loved me!
AdmiralCSN: Some people think...people like me KNOW Ann Melton (Laura's Cousin) killed her and my cousin Tom took the blame...
standsure09 8 months ago
My dad was named Tom Dooley after this song xD
eienaras 8 months ago
20 people like justin beiber
cattoes666 8 months ago
I sure miss the music of yesturday.... these are the songs I grew up with... songs with some meaning and words that made sense
wizardbase 8 months ago
i live close to that one girls grave, its just down the road i go there everytime they have one of those fair things. When the cows aren't in the field
Melody1Running 9 months ago
@Melody1Running Go to Tom's grave when the Bulls are in the field...talk about fun! We nearly couldn't get out of the field...
standsure09 8 months ago
Decent song, but this peaked at 1 for weeks? Meh.
jethyy 9 months ago
@jethyy yup. it kicked off the folk scare. three voices, three instruments. none electric.
empathic11 9 months ago
I too had the original LP and wore it out. I know of very few people under the age of 50 who know anything about music from this era, or the music of Stephen Foster who was the father of American popular music. If you follow the lineage, in music history terms, Stephen Foster was the grandfather of American folk music, Woody Guthrie was the father, and Pete Seeger, Dylan and Arlo Guthrie (in his case genetically) were the sons. Of course, there are innumerable uncles and cousins too like...
Trismegistus10 9 months ago 2
@Trismegistus10
I'm to say that I'm under the age of 50 and listen to music from period in American Musical History. It has a such a special sound and emotional quality that much of today's music is lacking. Also i like your genealogy of folk music lol
Bones2flesh 9 months ago
sniff sniff cry sob cry
DesiAndaCrew 10 months ago
"Tom Dooley" was actually a Confederate soldier named Tom Dula who had been taken prisoner by the Federals. Upon his release in 1865, the man in charge of processing insisted that his name was Dooley instead of Dula; not wanting to argue and possibly delay his release, Dula went ahead and signed out as "Tom Dooley". There is still considerable controversy as to whether or not he actually committed the crime for which he was hung, with partisans arguing strongly on both sides of the issue.
AdmiralCSN 10 months ago 2
@AdmiralCSN lets see some people beileve her cousin killed her and tried to run off with him, right?
Melody1Running 9 months ago
@Melody1Running That is one theory, IIRC. Another is that another man wanted her but was rejected, so he killed her and left Dula holding the bag.
AdmiralCSN 9 months ago
@AdmiralCSN Actually, it's also phonetics even though it's spelt "Dula" in the mountains, the "a" gets the "ee" sound, even Laura was Laurie to the mountain folks call her. He actually didn't sign anything other than an X, when he was released, the processing officer signed his name Dooley...which is why he's called "Tom Dooley." As for murder, I am biased, Tom is my 5th cousin 1x removed...He's innocent!
standsure09 8 months ago
This is based on an actual incident that took place after the end of the U. s. Civil War in 1865. it really did happen!
wwrigle2 10 months ago
My father had this 45 rpm disc records, he used to play it so many times when I was a child, I'm 38 years now and so many memories about him......I'm going to seek the house to find all of his records.
TheClasax 10 months ago
Doc's is better
691shawn 10 months ago
This was my great- great- great uncle (Tom Dooley)
elitehalomaster 11 months ago
@elitehalomaster How are you related to him? I mean i get great-great-great uncle, but which of Eliza's children are you related to? I am Tom's 5th cousin 1x removed...
standsure09 8 months ago
@standsure09 i don't really know my mom told me when I was little and showed me this song
elitehalomaster 8 months ago
Gentle melody, violent words.
Rustina61 11 months ago 2
A different time, a different mood... we still believed back then...
penniner 11 months ago 2
i love this song i really really love it hear it when i wAs 10 the first time *-*
MyBlackreaper 11 months ago
Bob Dylans is still Classier
Shluut4money 11 months ago
@Shluut4money I guess it's a matter of taste. I love pop folk music. Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Jim Reeves are some of my favourite artist. I'm 35 so these artist were popular before my time same as Bob Dylan who I admire but he isn't on my top list. Kingston Trio are definitely on my top list, so many artist I love today would probably never have found love for folk music if it wasn't for the Trio.
imagodtoya 11 months ago 10
@imagodtoya I'm 20 and i'm a fan of the Kingston Trio, The Ink Spots, Buddy Holly, The Platters, and many others. None of my friends like them, but it's the music that can always make me smile. Without it we wouldn't have any good music these days in my opinion.
MBKDProductions 10 months ago
@imagodtoya im the same way i grew up with this from my grandfather im only 15 and i love this song and many of the artiusts you named. unfortunaely i will never get to listen to this song with the man in person hes very ill and dieing and this is always the song i listen to when i think about him... im gonna miss you alot grandpa...
itachisloverXD 3 months ago
tom was in my family
dmartinmtv 11 months ago
I am singing this song in a gig next week and it has got great harmoinies!
MsRoswin 1 year ago
my fathers side of the family loves The Kingston Trio and thankfully they have introduced me to this amazing group
2960matman 1 year ago
i have always loved this song ... i know it by heart and im only 14 :)
canobeenz 1 year ago
@canobeenz Hey Beenzie! Good ta see a young kid like yourself able to appreciate good ol' American folk music, you just renewed my faith in your generation!! If ya liked this, try some of their other songs. M.T.A. is one of their best, and it's one of the original protest songs...maybe THE first! (The Sloop) John B. is another great, sung by them. ....................PEACE............. "Bandit"
banditftw4q2 1 year ago
Classic
zaaritha 1 year ago
Doc's is better
691shawn 1 year ago
i have this song at school with guitar lessons XD hahah
jessicaack 1 year ago
I'm amazed that I actually know this tune. I think either my godmother or my nana used to sing it.
headwoundfairy 1 year ago
@headwoundfairy The song came out in the late 1950s
Lisnageeragh 1 year ago
@Lisnageeragh
Yes It's catching. Have you or anybody got a copy of "The Reprieve of Tom Dooley" also by Kingston Trio
ishkas93 1 year ago
@ishkas93 No have no info at all.
Lisnageeragh 1 year ago
No matter what I am doing or where I am, when I hear this I stop, smile, sway and sing along <3
sitara1620 1 year ago 2
this song is loved by all and love to sing along to this .
We need songs for people to sing ad it is so god for the soul
Jack Melling
MrJackmelling 1 year ago
Lyrics?
fraol1234567890 1 year ago
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sharrondonaable 1 year ago
kinfston trio has many memories
teddi713 1 year ago
i use to date bob's daughter back in the 80's, never met him, but his x wife was very sweet strong woman,and a great family. ive nevered heard of the trio, until i met her,but i listen to them all the time !!!!!
hung0sowell 1 year ago
This was one of my first albums I had as a kid. Every song became a favorite, and part of my childhood ;~)
MyLatestEscape 1 year ago
Love this song.
aledoghost 1 year ago
love this song
islandbear1690 1 year ago
My mom wouldn't let me listen to music from my times, or anything that she didn't first approve of. This is one of the few songs that I grew up with that I loved. :)
MissKatLyons 1 year ago
Well before my time but I am drawn to this music.
ladyT66610 1 year ago
why am i obsessed with this song?? its in my thoughts
PeaceLoveRach123 1 year ago
This was the scariest song I ever heard when I was a kid. I thought they were coming after me.
wwwTheBookbaggs 1 year ago
FOR U LENNY MY BROTHER MY UR SOUL REST IN PEACE LOVE U ALWAYS
TheCoco524724 1 year ago
easy song to play, and easy to impress with ^^
Attaackky 1 year ago
@Attaackky
do you have the music for the drums. My daughter need it and i cant find it.
yentle37 1 year ago
@yentle37 sorry, i only have the tabs for guitar ^^
Attaackky 1 year ago
Sweking has died...
koolakalle 1 year ago
Memories of my grandfather when I was a little child!
mushmouse54 1 year ago
Hang down your head DICK CHENEY hang down your head and cry. As much crap as him and george bush put us all through they should both have been put in jail.
worseto 1 year ago
@worseto dude.....seriously?? you cant just listen and enjoy the song?
Danman861 1 year ago
@worseto You can't forget your meds. You have been told before, you will end up in 5 point restraints down in the basement of the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane if you don't take those 17 pills each day.
And please, stop wearing your grandmother's dresses. It's really creepy.
TiminPhoenix 11 months ago
kool song
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emile1942 1 year ago
Nice song. Kind of brutal though.
LordOfThisWorld666 1 year ago
my band turned this song into a punk rock cover. peace.
mlmattson 1 year ago
For some reason this song makes me happy when I feel like crap! :)
PepsiTytsi 1 year ago
This is one of the First song s I learned on Ukelele in grade 6
GENERALWACKASS 1 year ago
I feel sorry for the people who have never heard songs like this or sink the bismarck or battle of new orleans.
indoorin 1 year ago 22
@indoorin what
ASManchester1 8 months ago
@ASManchester1 Just saying its a shame that some people have never heard great classics like this before.
indoorin 8 months ago
Oh my Goodness, what wonderful memories this Song brings back.... A friend, now my Husband brought this record back for me, from Canada to Germany in 1959. I fell in Love with the whole package. THANKS from California
kiwistrudel 1 year ago
love dis song
elvis7967 1 year ago
reminds me of snowcones and roses
augustloel1 1 year ago
I remember in high school my history teacher introduced this song to the class - fell in love with the Kingston Trio immediately. I'm only 30 and I wish I had lived when these guys first came out - would have probably been a roadie for them!
thomasjbryant1369 1 year ago
My 8 year old son has taken to this classic , and loves to hear me sing it before he goes to sleep.. so special...!
fjbutch 1 year ago
Great song, even for those of us that are less than 30 years old. RIP to the Kingston Trio. Does anyone know their names?
joshuabrooks21 1 year ago
@joshuabrooks21 Dave Guard, bob shane and Nick Reynolds..
fjbutch 1 year ago
@fjbutch RIP to Dave Guard, and Bob Shane. Now they can sing with the angels.
joshuabrooks21 1 year ago
@joshuabrooks21
Nick Reynolds is dead, but I think Bob Shane is still with us.
Dave Guard's death shocked me, because I thought he was so young!
renew2day 4 months ago
one of my alltime favs. thanks
poppysheart666 1 year ago
wow this was fun to listen to... who knew...!?
t1tspears 1 year ago
I am 61 and I had this album...I played it so many times that I must have worn out the grooves and the needles! I know the words to every song by heart! It was like getting back on a bicycle after all these years...such wonderful memories. You could actually sing to these songs!
janetathensbay 1 year ago 16
@janetathensbay i am 444 an this also has been a classic of mine!!!
coraltroutfishing 9 months ago
@janetathensbay and i do. i wasnt even a thought or born yet, for another 18 years. but i have listened ever since ive heard them here on youtube
yamahonkawazuki 8 months ago
When I was a teen in Denver , one of the radio stations had a marathon playing this over and over , for a couple of days I think. Seems the management had to break in to stop it. ??? That was 1959 maybe. Anyone out there from Denver Area remember.>?? I hav always loved this song, I am 67 now. Those were the days I fondly remember.
cologirl42 1 year ago
@cologirl42
I do remember that! Was that KIMN, 950 am?
DavidODenver 1 year ago
@DavidODenver
Yep, last night of KIMN in 1988. Man Mountain Muphy played it no matter what was asked for.
sagmljohn 1 year ago
@cologirl42
I remember the last night that KIMN was on the air. 1988, Man Mountain Murphy played this song no matter what was requested from the phones. When someone asked for anything by Michael Jackson, he would reply, "You got it! Here is Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley by Michael Jackson." It was a cool move but was probably a career stopper for Man Mountain.
sagmljohn 1 year ago
I used my imagination for the video part!
Carsonetric 1 year ago
My grandfather before he passed away used to sing this song all the time. <3
KumoriMyLove 1 year ago
So glad I found this song. My 65 yr old father has sung this to me for years. :) thnx for the post.
SvetlanaKoscova 1 year ago
@SvetlanaKoscova lulz my dad is 61 and he does the same thing
midevil656 1 year ago
@midevil656 That's fantastic. :) For yrs I thought it was just some silly song he sang as a kid for fun....and here all along it was an Actual song lol I Learned something new :) lol
SvetlanaKoscova 1 year ago
my wife is in raptures.we are 63 yrs old
scuff946 1 year ago
the song of my early years
UBOAT1954 1 year ago
Anybody got the Trio singing ," Jailer, Bring Me Water" ? Every bit as good as this song but did not make the top of the charts.
IB70 1 year ago
cette musique était la préférée de mon père, elle a hanté mon enfance,il y a bien longtemps,j'aime
Ustid1 1 year ago
Shit man Mee too
dewdrops35 1 year ago
this is the first song i learned to play on the guitar. I still play it
Systemofadown4u1 1 year ago
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laspandid 1 year ago
amazing harmonies!!!!!
petesake222 1 year ago
The Grayson in this song is my great great granddad. Pretty cool!!!
chirspos1 1 year ago
my uncles name is Tom Dooley
BABYoPUNCH3RoCLAN 1 year ago 3
Does he hang down his head and cry??
darrin42 1 year ago 3
@darrin42 no but its really funny we all sing this song when he comes over
BABYoPUNCH3RoCLAN 1 year ago 2
haha nice one. Poor old Tom Dooley.
darrin42 1 year ago 2
Danny Tanner
isaiahledz 1 year ago 2
This song is my # one favorite folk song of all time. I was just eight when it reached the top of the billboard charts in 1958 and it always thrilled me with the 3 part harmony and because it was so easy to sing-a-long which I still do to this day, who can't resist jopining a-long. Folk thrived even more in the 60s and it was mainly as a result of these boys. What say you out there in YT do you have a favorite folk song of your own or is this the one!!
dakotajim11378 1 year ago 3
DakotaJim I would have to say Goodnight,Irene by The Weavers is my favourite folk song. Its originally a Leadbelly song but its been covered many times.
Lennon4life1968 1 year ago
Yes they were great and they were also blacklisted during the McCarthy communist hearings just like Pete Seager and god knows how much fame & fortune they lost from these accusations. The Weavers had many other songs including On Top Of Old Smokey that was converted to that other novelty On Top Of Spagetti. Thanks for your reply greatly appreciated!!!
dakotajim11378 1 year ago
Favorite folk song? Hmmm. Let's see. That's a hard one, isn't it? Gypsy Laddie/Gypsy Davey has to be up there, of course, just for it's adaptability and easily relatable story. In the Pines get's my vote for best folk song, I think.
Bandaids4ever 1 year ago
thanks for your reply and interesting choice!!
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Bandaids4ever 1 year ago
se tokar la cancion esta con la guitarra!!! =)
ariadneta24 2 years ago
This reminds me of my late dad, played this and sang this too. Thanks for this. RIP dad x
jared1971 2 years ago 2
Tom Dooley played by Little Joe Cartwright.
texadillo53 2 years ago
Great song, lyrics good. Used to listen to this and many more when Dad played them back in the fifties. Brings back my childhood memories in the East End, London.
JoJoPerrin 2 years ago
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