"Tom Dooley" 是美國的一首鄉村民謠，歌詞如下：
Verse 1:
Tom Dooley, he was a young man
Rode a white horse, dressed in green
He was killed by a woman
Who was his sweetheart then
Chorus:
Oh, he was shot in the back
With a pistol in the spring
And left to die in the woods
Tom Dooley, he was a young unkilled man
Verse 2:
She was a beautiful woman
With golden hair and brown
She was dressed in black and white
And she rode a black pony then
Oh she knew the moment was nigh
But still she didn't hesitate
He never said a word, she didn't say a lie
And then she did him right through.
Chorus:
He was just twenty-one years old
And he had a sweetheart too
Oh, he was a handsome young man
But he was killed by a woman like you.
Bridge:
Oh, they say that he was killed by a woman
Who loved him very much
But she loved him too much, and she couldn't let him go
And now she's just like all the rest.
Chorus:
He was just a young man like you, he didn't have to die
And now you just want to forget him but you can't forget it too.
Oh, Tom Dooley, we remember you today.
Tom Dooley, you're our country's saddest song.
這首歌表達了對一個年輕男人被一位他曾經深愛過的女人殺害的哀悼和同情，同時也表達了對這個事件背後更深層次的社會和歷史問題的思考。這首歌也因此成為了美國鄉村音樂的經典之一。