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, If it hadn't have been for Grayson I'd have been in Tennesse' 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 Hanging 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