All my life I Tommy Brown We grew up in the same hometown I never Tommy was such a bad guy But folks always whispered when he walked by
Tom, Tom, Tommy meanest boy in all the town Everybody said he'd out bad They he had stole and I guess he had But nobody offered him a helping They just went and said over
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the I loved a girl named Lou strange thing was Tom loved her too She was kind to him and seemed to That if somebody him he could be a man
The three of us the best of friends And stuck through thick and thin But we all knew that the time come have to choose between me and Tom
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy meanest boy in all the town Then came Harbor and the war was on I the call and so did Tom When we laughed at Betty we plainly see She had her choice and the guy was me
We landed in the fighting was hard Many were dying and the were tired Every man there his very best But who was the one that I'd fought to
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town We were both in a fox hole the bullets flying When an soldier slipped up behind He aimed at me but Tom fast He jumped between and I heard the
I got the too late I could see Tom stopped the bullet that was meant for me His body crumpled the smoke cleared And it seemed to me he had a smile on his
So Tom, Tom, Tommy bravest boy in all the town We buried him and left across the sea Where I wrote these words he for me And nobody knew but the one of us he died to the boy she loved Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town Tom, Tom, Brown bravest boy in all the town