[Intro]
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
Met her on the mountain
Swore she'd be your wife
Met her on the mountain
That's where you took her life, oh
[Chorus]
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
[Refrain]
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
From this time tomorrow
Reckon where you're bе
Down in some lonesome vallеy
Hanging from a white oak tree
[Chorus]
So 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
[Refrain]
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
[Verse 3]
Met her on the mountain
Swore she'd be your wife
Met her on the mountain
You stabbed her with your knife, oh
[Refrain]
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down