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Duration:
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3:29
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Release Date:
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2000 (artpaul)
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Lyrics By:
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Art Paul Schlosser &Traditional North Carolina Folk music (artpaul)
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Music By:
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Traditional North Carolina Folk music (artpaul)
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Produced By:
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Randy Green (artpaul)
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Released By:
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little sounds & then Art Paul Schlosser Inc (artpaul)
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Published By:
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Art Paul Schlosser (artpaul)
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Licensing:
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BMI #13816337 (artpaul)
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Keywords:
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ART PAUL SCHLOSSER, FOLK MUSIC, TOM DOOLEY, UKULELE
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| Facts: |
| When I originally recorded this I didn't know it was a true story and that Tom had killed her with a knife.I just thought because there are so many murders these days with hand guns I wanted people to think when they heard this that they will pay for their crime and hang gun shooting is no different. (artpaul) |
| I have this information from Wikipedia:
Impoverished Confederate veteran Tom Dula (Dooley), Laura Foster's lover and probable fiancé, was convicted of her murder and hanged in 1868. Foster was stabbed to death with a large knife; the brutality of the attack partly accounted for the widespread publicity the murder and subsequent trial received.
Dula had a second lover, Anne Melton. It was her comments that led to the discovery of Foster's body; Melton was acquitted in a separate trial based on his word. Many believed that Melton was the real killer and that Dula admitted guilt to protect her. This assumption was based on stories at the time that Melton was jealous of Dula's upcoming marriage to Foster, and that she had murdered Foster to eliminate her as a rival for Dula's affections. Thanks to the efforts of newspapers such as The New York Times, and to the fact that former North Carolina governor Zebulon Vance represented Dula pro bono, Dula's murder trial and subsequent hanging were given widespread national publicity for the time. Further adding to the Dula legend was the fact that a local poet, Thomas C. Land, wrote a popular song about Dula's tragedy after the hanging. (artpaul) |
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| Song Lyrics: |
Tom Dooley I
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're bound to die
You killed poor Laurie Foster
You know it's not a lie
You killed poor Laurie Foster
Poor boy you're bound to die
You tried to get away with it
But you know you couldn’t hide
You tried to get away with it
they caught you poor boy you're bound to die
Di-di-di, Di-di, Di-di
Di-di-di-di
I don’t know(laughter)
I got to start over I’m sorry
Tom Dooley II
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy you're bound to die
You shot poor Laurie Foster
You know it's not a lie
You shot poor Laurie Foster
Poor boy you're bound to die
You tried to run away with it
But you know you couldn’t hide
You tried to get away with it
Poor boy you're bound to die
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Current Rating
10.0
(1 vote)
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