You're gonna die,
you're gonna die,
you're gonna die
Hang down your head, talk to me
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head down to me
Oh, boy, you're bound to die
I met her on the mountain
And there I took her life
Met her on the mountain
And 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
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Hadn't a bin for gracing,
I'd been in Tennessee
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, bound to die
This time tomorrow,
reck 'n where I'll be
Down in some lonesome valley,
hangin' from a white oak tree
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Oh boy, you're bound to die
Oh boy, you're bound to die
Oh boy, you're bound to die
Go, you're bound to be found