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A local poet named Thomas Land wrote a song about the tragedy shortly after Dula was hanged. This, combined with the widespread publicity the trial received, further cemented Dula’s place in North Carolina legend. The song written by Land is still sung today throughout North Carolina.
Several recordings were made of the song in the twentieth century, with the first in 1929 by [[G. B. Grayson|Grayson]] and [[Henry Whitter|Whitter]].<ref name="CB2" /><ref name="FolkSongUSA">{{cite book | editor = ed. John & Alan Lomax | title = Folk Song USA | publisher = Duell, Sloan and Pearce |year= 1947 | isbn = 978-0452253070}}</ref><ref name="BP">{{cite web| url= http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/node/207| title=G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter | date=2007-09-30| work=Our Musical Heritage– Biographies| publisher=[[Birthplace of Country Music Alliance]] | location=Bristol, Tn}}</ref><ref name="CM">{{cite web| url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/grayson_whitter/bio.jhtml| title=Grayson & Whitter| date=2009-10-18 |work=Artist Biography| publisher=CMT | accessdate=2010-02-23}}</ref> The most popular version was recorded by [[The Kingston Trio]] in 1958.<ref name= "KingstonTrio" /> It sold over six million copies {{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} and is widely credited with starting the "[[folk music|folk]] boom" of this time period, and was named by the Grammy Foundation as one of the [[Songs of the Century]].<ref name="CB2">{{cite web| url=http://www.criminalbrief.com/?p=11015| title=Boy Kills Girl| last=Lopresti|first=Rob| date=2010-01-17| work=Tom Dooley| publisher=Criminal Brief| accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref>
The Trio's song was [[cover version|covered]] in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Lonnie Donegan#Discography|Lonnie Donegan]] later in 1958.
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