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Grayson & Whitter
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Throughout history there have been many songs
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Written about the Eternal Triangle.
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This next one tells the story of a Mr. Grayson,
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A beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley.
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When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang.
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Hang down your head and cry
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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I met her on the mountain, there I took her life
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Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
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Hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee (well now, boy)
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Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
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Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
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Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
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Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)
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Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
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Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
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Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
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Down in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white oak tree
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Hang down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh)
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
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Poor boy, you're bound to die
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley - 1958
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