Throughout history There've been many songs written about the eternal triangle This next one tells the story of a mr grayson, a beautiful woman And a condemned man named tom dooley... When the sun rises tomorrow, tom dooley... must hang... 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 I 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 This time tomorrow Reckon where i'll be Hadn't a-been for grayson I'd a-been 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 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 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 Poor boy, you're bound to die 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 Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die...
Throughout history There've been many songs written about the eternal triangle This next one tells the story of a mr grayson, a beautiful woman And a condemned man named tom dooley... When the sun rises tomorrow, tom dooley... must hang... 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 I 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 This time tomorrow Reckon where i'll be Hadn't a-been for grayson I'd a-been 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 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 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 Poor boy, you're bound to die 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 Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die...
O sucesso da gravação de 1958 pela The Kingston Trio levou o single “Tom Dooley” ao topo do Billboard Hot 100, ao Top 10 da Billboard R&B e ao Top 20 da Cashbox Country Music Top 20.
A música foi escolhida como uma das American Songs of the Century pela RIAA, pelo National Endowment for the Arts e pela Scholastic Inc., além de ser classificada como uma das Top 100 Western songs de todos os tempos pela Western Writers of America.
A versão da The Kingston Trio baseou‑se na interpretação de Frank Warner, que havia aprendido a canção de Frank Proffitt; Proffitt, por sua vez, recebeu reconhecimento judicial como preservador da versão original, resultando na obrigação da banda de pagar royalties a ele.
O filme “Appalachian Journey” (1991) apresenta a história da origem da canção, com o folclorista Alan Lomax descrevendo Frank Proffitt como “a original source” (embora ele não a tenha escrito).
Em 1967, o integrante Nick Reynolds da The Kingston Trio relatou ter ouvido a música de outro performer e, posteriormente, ter sido criticado e processado por reivindicar crédito indevido, antes de o tribunal reconhecer o papel de Frank Proffitt como guardião da versão tradicional.
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