THE KINGSTON TRIO- " TOM DOOLEY " ( W / LYRICS)

WENT TO # 1 IN 1958. LYRICS:
[Intro:]
Throughout history
There've been many songs written about the eternal triangle
This next one tells the story of a 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 a-been for Grayson
I'd a-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
Hangin' from a white oak 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...

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[Dave Wollenberg]

Thanx, Ron, for postin' the original version by the Kingstons. Billboard's 45th #1 hit of the rock era. God bless!

[rwells47]

@DaveWollenberg- you are very welcome Dave! Happy New Year! God Bless, Ron

[James0022ify]

Only ever heard the version by Lonnie Donegan Ron; also released in 1958 and got to No. 3 in the UK charts. Both versions are completely different so it's hard to say which is the best. I would say they were both good in their own way. Jim

[rwells47]

- hi Jim!  Ron

[ebfan41]

Beautiful harmony from The Kingston Trio on their classic hit song. Thank you Ron for post.

[rwells47]

@ebfan41- you are welcome Mary! Ron

[Will Brandell]

The memories! 8 hour car drives to go camping in the Adirondacks with my family. Dad driving the old station wagon smoking his pipe and Kingston Trio cassette tapes being played the whole way. We wanted to jump out of the car before we even got over the GW Bridge but man I can really appreciate it now.

[Erik Tielman-Ricky Teal Tielman]

GREAT !

[TheGrungeGamer2]

angry grandpa brought me here

[Keith Rudd]

I thought this was just kind of a strange and morbid song, till I started to tell my wife about it, and she pointed out to me that it's based on a true story. See the wikipedia article on Tom Dula.

[jim21641]

Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooly brings back memorys from my school days when I was very young.

[Sunniest Moon]

hang down your head doubting thomas

[deadmau504]

Well, there's a few things.

The Eternal Triangle

Tom and Grayson both liked this girl. They were both fighting over her.

From listening to the song you learn that Grayson won over the girl.

So maybe when the girl chose Grayson Tom got angry and killed her.

Or maybe, Tom liked Grayson and the girl liked Grayson as well. Tom could have gotten angered by this and killed her. Or perhaps Tom and the girl were together but she got impregnated by Grayson so he murdered her for being unfaithful.

[canadianceltic]

It has to be a good song that draws the memmories of being kid singing this as a soloist in the school choir painful, never was one for puplic eye, now I and again when I feel their is no around I will belt a few lines out and it feels good.gsb

[VVoodzy]

Yeah it's because she gave him syphilis.

[brett pearce]

my dad played this every xmas now his eldes son commited suiced he wont listen to it but i still love it