Lyrics
Throughout history there have been many songs
Throughout history, there have been numerous songs created.
Written about the Eternal Triangle.
These songs revolve around the theme of the Eternal Triangle, a situation involving three individuals: one married or committed person, their lover, and their spouse or partner.
This next one tells the story of a Mr. Grayson,
This particular song narrates the story involving a man named Mr. Grayson.
A beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley.
It involves a love triangle with a woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley.
When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang.
Tom Dooley is scheduled to be executed by hanging at sunrise the next day.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
The song begins with a repetitive urging for Tom Dooley to lower his head in sorrow.
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
Tom Dooley confesses to meeting the woman on the mountain and taking her life by stabbing her with a knife.
Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Repetition of the urge for Tom Dooley to feel remorseful and sorrowful.
Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
-Poor boy, you're bound to die
-This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
Tom Dooley reflects on his fate, pondering where he would have been if not for Mr. Grayson's involvement.
Hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee (well now, boy)
Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
Continued urging for Tom Dooley to hang his head and cry.
Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
-Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)
-Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
-Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
-Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry
-Poor boy, you're bound to die
-This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be
Reflection on where Tom Dooley would be at the same time the following day, imagining himself hanging from a tree in a desolate valley.
Down in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white oak tree
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Repetition of urging Tom Dooley to feel remorseful and sorrowful.
Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
-Poor boy, you're bound to die (ah well now boy)
-Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
-Hang down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh)
-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
Reiteration of Tom Dooley's imminent death.
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