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