Tom Dooley

Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio

Let's have some fun. You will have the opportunity to look back about 60 years and see, hear, and SING one of the greatest folk songs ever written: TOM DOOLEY.

Join in and sing along as the lyrics appear. 

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 (Dula)

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

Tom Dooley Cell, Old Wilkes Jail

Take a trip down into Wilkesboro to begin your adventure. Your first stop should be the Wilkes Heritage Museum, in the former 1902 courthouse, where you can purchase a ticket to visit the old 1860 Wilkes jail. Tom Dooley was held here during his trial, before he was hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. Coincidently, Ann Melton, also implicated in the murder of Laura Foster, was held for several months in an adjacent cell on the second floor.

Mr. Tom Dooley CTW.

Where was his CTR Card?

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