[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]
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
Met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with my knife

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Hadn't a-been for Grayson
I'd a-been in Tennessee

[Chorus x2]

[Verse 3]
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hanging from a white oak tree
[Chorus][x2]

[Outro]
Poor boy, you're bound to die[x3]