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