Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Poor boy, you're bound to die
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
I 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]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head
Poor boy poor boy, you're bound to die
Hang down your head
Poor boy, you're bound to die
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
I 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]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head
Poor boy poor boy, you're bound to die