The Singing Scoutmaster: Tom Dooley



Tom Dooley
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Category: Calm
Link: Performance Example

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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  
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There I took her life  
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Met her on the mountain  
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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  
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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  
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Reckon where I'll be  
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Hadn't a-been for Grayson  
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I'd a-been in Tennessee  
   
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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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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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This time tomorrow  
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Reckon where I'll be  
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Down in some lonesome valley  
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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  
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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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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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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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