I met her on a mountain
That's where I took her life, yeah
I met her on a mountain
Stabbed her with my knife
I said, hang down your head, Tom Dooley
You want me to hang down my head and cry, yeah
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Oh, poor boy, you're bound to die
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
I reckon where I'll be, yeah
That I hadn't been for that fool Grayson
I've been down in southern Tennessee
Lord have mercy
I'm gonna hang down your head
You tell me to hang down my head and cry
No, no, no, no
Hang down my head, Tom Dooley
Oh, poor boy, you're bound to die
Oh, poor boy, you're bound to die
Oh, poor boy, you're bound to die
This time tomorrow
I can't help but thinkin'
Where I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be down in some lonesome valley
Hey, hey, from a wide oak tree
Hey, hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Keep on hangin' it down
Hang down your head and cry
No, no, no, no
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Oh, poor boy, you're bound to die
Hang down my head
Keep telling me to hang
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
Hang down your head
My boy, you're gonna die
No, no, no
My boy, you're gonna die
I don't wanna die
My boy, you're gonna die
I'm just a young man
My boy, you're gonna die
No, no, no