Hang your head, hang your head, Tom Dooley hang your head and cry    Killed poor Laura Foster, you know you're bound to die    Bury her on the hillside, make the people see    Put the coat over, tromp her with your feet   Hang your head Tom Dooley, hang your head and cry    Killed poor Laura Foster, don't you know your bound to die    Bury her on the hillside with other people's lives    Hang your head Tom Dooley, hang your head and cry    Killed poor Laurea Foster, don't you know you're bound to die   First time I went courting, pretty brave of me    Just to sing from her old oak tree    Hang your mama with kindness blame it on this morning