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title="Folk song">folk song</a> based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wilkes County, North Carolina">Wilkes County, North Carolina</a> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dula" title="Tom Dula">Tom Dula</a> (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous <a href="/wiki/Murder_ballad" title="Murder ballad">murder ballads</a>, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by <a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a> reached No. 1 on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> singles chart, was in the top 10 on the <i>Billboard</i> R&B chart, and appeared in the <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cashbox</a></i> Country Music Top 20. </p><p>The song was selected as one of the American <a href="/wiki/Songs_of_the_Century" title="Songs of the Century">Songs of the Century</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA), the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scholastic_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Scholastic Inc.">Scholastic Inc.</a> Members of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Writers_of_America" title="Western Writers of America">Western Writers of America</a> chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-Top100_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top100-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Tom Dooley" fits within the wider genre of <a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachian</a> <a href="/wiki/Murder_ballad" title="Murder ballad">murder ballads</a>. A local poet named Thomas Land wrote a song about the tragedy, titled "Tom Dooley", shortly after Dula was hanged.<sup id="cite_ref-Fresno_State_University_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fresno_State_University-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Trimble,_Marshall_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trimble,_Marshall-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the documentary <i>Appalachian Journey</i> (1991), folklorist <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lomax" title="Alan Lomax">Alan Lomax</a> describes <a href="/wiki/Frank_Proffitt" title="Frank Proffitt">Frank Proffitt</a> as the "original source" for the song, which was misleading in that he did not write it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several earlier known recordings, notably one that <a href="/wiki/G._B._Grayson" title="G. B. Grayson">G. B. Grayson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Whitter" title="Henry Whitter">Henry Whitter</a> made in 1929, approximately 10 years before Proffitt cut his own recording. </p><p>The Kingston Trio took their version from <a href="/wiki/Frank_Warner_(folklorist)" title="Frank Warner (folklorist)">Frank Warner</a>'s singing. Warner had learned the song from Proffitt, who learned it from his aunt, Nancy Prather, whose parents had known both Laura Foster and Tom Dula.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1967 interview, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Reynolds" title="Nick Reynolds">Nick Reynolds</a> of the Kingston Trio recounted first hearing the song from another performer and then being criticized and sued for taking credit for the song.<sup id="cite_ref-pc18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supported by the testimony of Anne and Frank Warner, Frank Proffitt was eventually acknowledged by the courts as the preserver of the original version of the song, and the Kingston Trio were ordered to pay royalties to him for their uncredited use of it. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dula" title="Tom Dula">Tom Dula</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_C._Dula.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Thomas_C._Dula.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="288" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>A man wearing a Confederate uniform</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1866, Laura Foster was murdered. <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> veteran <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dula" title="Tom Dula">Tom Dula</a>, Foster's lover and the father of her unborn child, was convicted of her murder and hanged May 1, 1868. Foster had been stabbed to death with a large knife, and the brutality of the attack partly accounted for the widespread publicity the murder and subsequent trial received. </p><p>Anne Foster Melton, Laura's cousin, had been Dula's lover from the time he was twelve and until he left for the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> – even after Anne married an older man named James Melton. When Dula returned, he became a lover again to Anne, then Laura, then their cousin Pauline Foster. Pauline's comments led to the discovery of Laura's body and accusations against both Tom and Anne. Anne was subsequently acquitted in a separate trial, based on Dula's word that she had nothing to do with the killing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dula's enigmatic statement on the gallows that he had not harmed Foster but still deserved his punishment led to press speculation that Melton was the actual killer and that Dula simply covered for her. (Melton, who had once expressed jealousy of Dula's purported plans to marry Foster, died either in a carting accident or by going insane a few years after the homicide, depending on the version.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) </p><p>Thanks to the efforts of newspapers such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> and to the fact that former North Carolina governor <a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Vance" title="Zebulon Vance">Zebulon Vance</a> represented Dula <i>pro bono</i>, Dula's murder trial and hanging were given widespread national publicity. A local poet, Thomas C. Land, wrote a song titled "Tom Dooley" about Dula's tragedy soon after the hanging. Combined with the widespread publicity the trial received, Land's song further cemented Dula's place in North Carolina legend<sup id="cite_ref-Fresno_State_University_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fresno_State_University-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Trimble,_Marshall_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trimble,_Marshall-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is still sung today throughout North Carolina.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A man named "Grayson", mentioned in the song as pivotal in Dula's downfall, has sometimes been characterized as a romantic rival of Dula's or a vengeful sheriff who captured him and presided over his hanging. Some variant lyrics of the song portray Grayson in that light, and the spoken introduction to the Kingston Trio version<sup id="cite_ref-pc18_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> did the same. Col. James Grayson was actually a Tennessee politician who had hired Dula on his farm when the young man fled North Carolina under suspicion and was using a false name. Grayson did help North Carolinians capture Dula and was involved in returning him to North Carolina but otherwise played no role in the case.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Dula was tried in <a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville, North Carolina</a> because it was believed he could not get a fair trial in Wilkes County. He was given a new trial on appeal but he was again convicted and hanged on May 1, 1868. On the gallows, Dula reportedly stated, "Gentlemen, do you see this hand? I didn't harm a hair on the girl's head."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dula's last name was pronounced "Dooley", leading to some confusion in spelling over the years. The pronunciation of a final "a" like "y" (or "ee") is an old feature in <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_English" title="Appalachian English">Appalachian</a> speech, as in the term "<a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry#Name" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The confusion was compounded by the fact that <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Anthony_Dooley_III" title="Thomas Anthony Dooley III">Dr. Tom Dooley</a>, an American physician known for international humanitarian work, was at the height of his fame in 1958 when the Kingston Trio version became a major hit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings">Recordings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA; font-size: 125%;">"Tom Dooley"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;"><a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">Song</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written</th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown, Frank Proffitt’s grandfather (possibly)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">November 19, 1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/American_folk_music" title="American folk music">Folk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Thomas Land</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E6E8FA">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="18" data-mwtitle="KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/2/26/KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg/KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg" title="File:KingstonTrioTomDooley.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Many renditions of the song have been recorded, most notably: </p> <ul><li>In 1929, <a href="/wiki/G._B._Grayson" title="G. B. Grayson">G. B. Grayson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Whitter" title="Henry Whitter">Henry Whitter</a> made the first recorded version of Land's song by a group well known at the time, for <a href="/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company" title="Victor Talking Machine Company">Victor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CB2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CB2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FolkSongUSA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FolkSongUSA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BP_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CM_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CM-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Warner_(folklorist)" title="Frank Warner (folklorist)">Frank Warner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a>, 1952. Warner, a folklorist, unaware of the 1929 recording, in 1940 took down the song from <a href="/wiki/Frank_Proffitt" title="Frank Proffitt">Frank Proffitt</a> and passed it to <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lomax" title="Alan Lomax">Alan Lomax</a> who published it in <i>Folk Song: USA</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 30, 1953, the CBS radio series <a href="/wiki/Suspense_(radio_drama)" title="Suspense (radio drama)"><i>Suspense</i></a> broadcast a half-hour "Tom Dooley" drama loosely based on the song, which was sung during the program by actor <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dean_Stanton" title="Harry Dean Stanton">Harry Dean Stanton</a>. While not issued as a commercial recording, transcription discs of the broadcast eventually were digitized and circulated by old time radio collectors.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (November 2020)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The Folksay Trio, which featured <a href="/wiki/Erik_Darling" title="Erik Darling">Erik Darling</a>, Bob Carey and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Sprung" title="Roger Sprung">Roger Sprung</a>, issued the first post-1950 version of the song for <i>American Folksay-Ballads and Dances, Vol. 2</i> on the Stinson label in 1953. Their version was noteworthy for including a pause in the line "Hang down your head Tom...Dooley". The group reformed in 1956 as <a href="/wiki/The_Tarriers" title="The Tarriers">The Tarriers</a>, featuring Darling, Carey and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Arkin" title="Alan Arkin">Alan Arkin</a>, and released another version of "Tom Dooley" for <i>The Tarriers</i> on the Glory label in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a> recorded the most popular version of the song in 1958 for <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>. This recording sold in excess of six million copies, topping the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">U.S. <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart, and is often credited with starting the "<a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a> boom" of the late 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-pc18_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It only had three verses (and the chorus four times). This recording of the song was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> of the Library of Congress<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and honored with a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Hall of Fame Award">Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Grammy Foundation named it one of the <a href="/wiki/Songs_of_the_Century" title="Songs of the Century">Songs of the Century</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CB2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CB2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse_(band)" title="Crazy Horse (band)">Crazy Horse</a> recorded an eight-minute version on their 2012 album <i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Neil_Young_%26_Crazy_Horse_album)" title="Americana (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)">Americana</a></i>, on which they retitled the song to the proper spelling "Tom Dula" and pronounced it in such a way as to make it a political statement against former Republican House Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">Tom DeLay</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The French group <a href="/wiki/Les_Compagnons_de_la_Chanson" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Compagnons de la Chanson">Les Compagnons de la Chanson</a> recorded a French version titled "Tom Dooley (Fais ta priere)", which reached No. 1 on the Belgian chart and No. 4 on the French chart in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Other artists that have recorded versions of the song include <a href="/wiki/Paul_Clayton_(folksinger)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Clayton (folksinger)">Paul Clayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Line_Renaud" title="Line Renaud">Line Renaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Narz" title="Jack Narz">Jack Narz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a> the <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_%22Guitar_Boogie%22_Smith" title="Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith">Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Donegan" title="Lonnie Donegan">Lonnie Donegan</a> also recorded the song in the UK. It spent 14 weeks in the British charts from November 1958, reaching its highest ranking at number 3 for 5 weeks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_in_other_songs">References in other songs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References in other songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The third and final verse of <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(singer)" title="Stonewall Jackson (singer)">Stonewall Jackson's</a> 1958 crossover hit "<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_(Stonewall_Jackson_song)" title="Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson song)">Waterloo</a>" referenced Tom Dooley with the lyrics, "Now he swings where the little birdie sings, and that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> drops an altered line from the song into a recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on her 1967 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Ella_Wishes_You_a_Swinging_Christmas" title="Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas">Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parodies">Parodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Tom Dooley" prompted a number of parodies, either as part of other songs or as entire songs. For example: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Smothers Brothers">The Smothers Brothers</a> did a version of the song on their 1961 debut album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_at_the_Purple_Onion" title="The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion">The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion</a></i>, which referenced the lawsuit against The Kingston Trio by claiming that Dickie Smothers had written it and The Kingston Trio had stolen it.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Preps" title="The Four Preps">The Four Preps</a> used this song and "<a href="/wiki/Worried_Man_Blues" title="Worried Man Blues">Worried Man Blues</a>" to make fun of The Kingston Trio in their song "More Money For You and Me".</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Incredible_Bongo_Band" title="Incredible Bongo Band">Incredible Bongo Band</a> recorded the song "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught In Your Zipper" (1972).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Capitol_Steps" class="mw-redirect" title="The Capitol Steps">The Capitol Steps</a> used this song to make fun of South Dakota Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a> on their 2003 album <i><a href="/wiki/Between_Iraq_and_a_Hard_Place" title="Between Iraq and a Hard Place">Between Iraq and a Hard Place</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "Tom Dooley" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1958–1959) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Belgium_(Flanders)_The_Kingston_Trio_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Belgium_(Flanders)_The_Kingston_Trio-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Wallonia)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Belgium_(Wallonia)_The_Kingston_Trio_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Belgium_(Wallonia)_The_Kingston_Trio-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_The_Kingston_Trio_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_The_Kingston_Trio-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><i><small>Then called the Muziek Parade chart.</small></i> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Norway_The_Kingston_Trio_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Norway_The_Kingston_Trio-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Kingston_Trio_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Kingston_Trio-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_The_Kingston_Trio_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_The_Kingston_Trio-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy (<a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Italy_The_Kingston_Trio_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Italy_The_Kingston_Trio-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_The_Kingston_Trio_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_The_Kingston_Trio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><i><small>Then called the Hot R&B Singles chart.</small></i> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications for "Tom Dooley" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesKingston_TrioTom_DooleysingleCertRef_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesKingston_TrioTom_DooleysingleCertRef-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kingston Trio's hit song was the inspiration for the 1959 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Tom_Dooley" title="The Legend of Tom Dooley">The Legend of Tom Dooley</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Landon" title="Michael Landon">Michael Landon</a> as Dooley, and co-starring <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rust" title="Richard Rust">Richard Rust</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a> set in the immediate aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, it was not about traditional Tom Dula legends or the facts of the case, but a fictional treatment tailored to fit the lyrics of the song. </p><p>"Tom Dooley" is the name of a season 5 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Ally_McBeal" title="Ally McBeal">Ally McBeal</a></i>, in which John Cage sings a version of the song with his Mexican band. </p><p>The song was parodied in episode No. 702 of <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Crow_T._Robot" title="Crow T. Robot">Crow T. Robot</a>, motivated by one actor's resemblance to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dewey" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Dewey">Thomas Dewey</a>, sang a version beginning "Hang down your head, <i>Tom Dewey</i>." </p><p>Glada Barn's version of Land's song closes <i><a href="/wiki/Rectify" title="Rectify">Rectify</a></i> season 2 episode "Mazel Tov".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980 film <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(1980_film)" title="Friday the 13th (1980 film)">Friday the 13th</a></i>, the campers in the opening scene start to sing the song. The opening scene is set in 1958, the year the Kingston Trio version of the song debuted. </p><p>Episode 10 of <a href="/wiki/Santo,_Sam_and_Ed%27s_Total_Football" title="Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football">Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football</a> Podcast is titled "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dula". This naming was in reference to a sample of the song generated by <a href="/wiki/Santo_Cilauro" title="Santo Cilauro">Santo Cilauro</a> whereby he jokingly claimed <a href="/wiki/Tiziano_Crudeli" title="Tiziano Crudeli">Tiziano Crudeli</a> had performed a version of Tom Dooley with "The Kingstown Trio". Crudeli's bombastic commentary style on <a href="/wiki/Diretta_Stadio" title="Diretta Stadio">Diretta Stadio</a> afforded him celebrity status in Italy, and audio of Crudeli's pronunciation of various footballers' names was a constant running gag throughout the Total Football Podcast. </p><p>The Irish comedian <a href="/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian)" title="Dave Allen (comedian)">Dave Allen</a> did a sketch in which two cowboys with guitars sit by a hangman's <a href="/wiki/Gallows" title="Gallows">gallows</a>, trying to compose a ballad. They try to think of a name to incorporate into their song, but have no success. Then Tom Dooley walks past, and they sing, "Hand down your head, Tom Dooley" and think that sounds great, so they hang him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Song_books">Song books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Song books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBloodPatterson1992" class="citation book cs1">Blood, Peter; Patterson, Annie (1992). <i><a href="/wiki/Rise_Up_Singing" title="Rise Up Singing">Rise Up Singing</a></i>. Amherst, Ma: Sing Out Publications. p. 104. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-881322-13-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-881322-13-9"><bdi>978-1-881322-13-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rise+Up+Singing&rft.place=Amherst%2C+Ma&rft.pages=104&rft.pub=Sing+Out+Publications&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-881322-13-9&rft.aulast=Blood&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.au=Patterson%2C+Annie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Dooley+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLomaxJohn_A.1947" class="citation book cs1">Lomax, Alan; John A., Lomax (1947). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/folksongusa111be0000loma"><i>Folk Song U.S.A.</i></a></span>. 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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Folk+Song+U.S.A.&rft.place=New+York&rft.series=Best+Loved+American+Folk+Songs&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=Duell%2C+Sloan+and+Pearce&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Lomax&rft.aufirst=Alan&rft.au=John+A.%2C+Lomax&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffolksongusa111be0000loma&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATom+Dooley+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles_of_1958#Hot_100" title="List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958">List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1958 (U.S.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_in_Australia_during_the_1950s#1958" title="List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s">List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Dooley_(song)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Top100-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Top100_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWestern_Writers_of_America2010" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Western_Writers_of_America" title="Western Writers of America">Western Writers of America</a> (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101019002745/http://americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs">"The Top 100 Western Songs"</a>. 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title="Hatfield–McCoy feud">Hatfield–McCoy feud</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Grapevine_Creek" title="Battle of the Grapevine Creek">Battle of the Grapevine Creek</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County_feud" title="Lincoln County feud">Lincoln County feud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillbilly_Highway" title="Hillbilly Highway">Hillbilly Highway</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Appalachian_people_in_Baltimore" title="History of the Appalachian people in Baltimore">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Appalachian_people_in_Chicago" title="History of the Appalachian people in Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Appalachian_people_in_Metro_Detroit" title="History of the Appalachian people in Metro Detroit">Detroit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmountain_Men" title="Overmountain Men">Overmountain Men</a></li> <li><a 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