All my I knew Tommy Brown We up together in the same hometown I never thought Tommy was a bad guy But folks always whispered when he walked by
Tom, Tom, Brown 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 over again
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town I loved a girl named Betty Lou 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 the best of friends And stuck together thick and thin But we all knew that the time come She'd to choose between me and Tom
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy meanest boy in all the town Then Pearl Harbor and the war was on I answered the and so did Tom When we laughed at 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 that I'd to rest
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the We were both in a fox hole the bullets were an enemy soldier slipped up behind He aimed at me but Tom acted He jumped and I heard the blast
I got the soldier too late I see 'Cause Tom stopped the bullet was meant for me His body crumpled the cleared away And it seemed to me he had a on his face
So Tom, Tom, Tommy bravest boy in all the town We buried him and left across the sea Where I wrote words he died for me And nobody knew but the one of us he died to the boy she loved Tom, Tom, Brown bravest boy in all the town Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town