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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Hang down your head and cry
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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I met her on the mountain
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I said she'd be my wife
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I met her on the mountain
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Stabbed her with my knife
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[Chorus]
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I drug her to the river
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As God Almighty knows
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The man beside the water
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Hid her shoes and clothes
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I dug her grave a footlong
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I dug it three foot deep
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I threw the cold clay on her
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Tramped it with my feet
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[Chorus]
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'Bout this time tomorrow
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Reckon where I'll be
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Down there in that holler
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Hangin' from a tree
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[Chorus 5x]
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Tom Dooley
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| Steve Earle |
