HE TOOK HER TO THE MOUNTAIN
STABBED HER IN THE RIGHT SIDE
LAURIE FOSTER AS A BLOOD FOUNTAIN
WAS HIS LOVELY WIFE
HE DRAG HER BODY OUT OF TRAIL
AND CARRIED TO DEEP SCRUBS
TO HIDE THE KNIFE AND HIDE THE WIFE
SIX FEET UNDERGROUND
ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW
BEGAN TO SWAY YOUR FEET
YOUR SHADOW WILL GET LONGER
HANGIN’ FROM A TREE
ON NEXT DAY TOM WENT TO STATESVILLE
AND TO MARSHALL GRAYSON SAID:
“LAST NIGHT I STABBED LAURIE FOSTER
SHE WAS MY LOVELY GIRL”
THEY TOOK TOM DOOLEY TO THE JAIL
BY ORDER OF JUDGE WELLS
‘CAUSE, WHO COULD KILL A LOVELY GIRL
BUT A BLOODTHIRSTY MAN
ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW
BEGAN TO SWAY YOUR FEET
YOUR SHADOW WILL GET LONGER
HANGIN’ FROM A TREE
HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD, TOM DOOLEY
POOR BOY, YOU’RE BOUND TO DIE
ANNIE MELTON KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
ABOUT THIS AWFUL DEATH
PEOPLE SAID: ” THE BLOOD STAINS LINGER
BETWEEN ANNIE’S FINGERS”
BUT DOOLEY WAS SILENT ‘TIL THIS DAY
POOR TOM, NOTHING SAID
WHAT A KILLER LOVE, SO STRONG
THAT ALSO KILLED TOM
AND TOM SAID IN THE GALLOWS
“PEOPLE, DO YOU SEE THESE HANDS?
I DIDN’T HARM ANY HAIR
OF MY LOVELY LAURIE’S HEAD”
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