All my life I knew Brown We grew up together in the hometown I never Tommy was such a bad guy But would always whispered when he walked by
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the Everybody said he'd out bad They said he had stole and I he had But nobody him a helping hand They just went and said over
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town I a girl named Betty Lou strange thing was Tom loved her too She was to him and seemed to understand That if loved him he could be a man
The three of us were the best of And stuck together thick and thin But we all knew that the would come She'd to choose between me and Tom
Oh Tom, Tom, Brown meanest 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 made her and the guy was me
We in Hadley the fighting was hard Many were dying and the rest were Every man gave his very best But who was the one I'd fought to rest
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town 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 soldier too late I 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, Brown bravest boy in all the town We buried him there and across the sea Where I wrote these he died for me And nobody knew but the one of us he to save the boy she loved Tom, Tom, Tommy bravest boy in all the town Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town