Met her on the mountain

"Tom Dooley"

"Hang down your head Tom Dooley"

(played by Deb Ackley)

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

Well, this time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Hadn't it been for Grayson
I'd be in Tennessee

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

By this time tomorrow
Reckon where I will 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

Frank Warner, John & Alan Lomax

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