Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (Original)

Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (Original) Video Clips. Duration : 3.03 Mins.

"Tom Dooley" is a North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. "Tom Dooley" is based on a true story and was inspired by an earlier song written by George Proffit. It has been chosen as a "Song of the Century" by the Recording Industry Association of America. The popularity of the song spawned the 1959 film "Legend of Tom Dooley" starring Michael Landon. The actual name of the deceased in this song is "Tom Dula" although pronounced as "Dooley" with the "a" sounding as a "y" (a common Appalachian pronunciation in much the same way as the "Opry" in Grand Ole Opry changes an "a" to a "y"). Tom Dula was hanged for this crime in 1868 in Statesville, NC where he is buried. Dula claimed his innocence all the way up to his time on the gallows where he stated, "Gentlemen, do you see this hand? I didn't harm a hair on the girl's head". "Tom Dooley" was the #1 song on the US charts during October of 1958.

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THE KINGSTON TRIO- " TOM DOOLEY " ( W / LYRICS)

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WENT TO # 1 IN 1958. LYRICS: [Intro:] 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...

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