I asked my love to take a walk Just a walk a little way And as we walk, oh, may we talk All about our wedding day
Only say that you'll be mine In our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow On the banks of the Ohio
I held a knife against her breast As into my arms she pressed She said, "Willie, don't you murder me I'm unprepared for eternity"
I took her by her lily white hand And dragged her down that bank of sand There I throwed her in to drown I watched her as she floated down
Was walking home tween twelve and one Thinkin' of what I'd done I killed a girl, my love, you see 'Cause she would not marry me
The very next morn about half past four The Sheriff came and knocked at my door He said, "Young man, come now and go To the Banks of the Ohio"Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.