Tom Dooley

[Chorus] Hang your head, Tom Dooley Hang your head and cry You hung poor Laura Foster You know you're bound to die [Verse 1] You took her on the hillside As God Almighty knows You took her on the hillside And there, you hid her clothes [Verse 2] You took her by the roadside Where you begged to be excused Took her by the roadside Where there, you hid her shoes [Verse 3] You took her on the hillside To make her your wife Took her on the hillside Where there, you took her life [Chorus] Hang your head, Tom Dooley Hang your head and cry You hung poor Laura Foster You know you're bound to die [Verse 4] Take down my old violin Play it all you please This time tomorrow It'll be of no use to me [Chorus] Hang your head, Tom Dooley Hang your head and cry You hung poor Laura Foster You know you're bound to die [Verse 5] I dug a grave four feet long I dug it three feet deep Rolled old cold clay o'er her And tromped it with my feet [Chorus] Hang your head, Tom Dooley Hang your head and cry You hung poor Laura Foster You know you're bound to die [Verse 6] This world, and one more Then, where you reckon I'll be If it hadn'ta been for Grayson I'da been in Tennessee [Chorus] Hang your head, Tom Dooley Hang your head and cry You hung poor Laura Foster You know you're bound to die