I asked my love to take a walk Just a little way away While we walk along we'll talk Talk about our wedding day
(R) Only say that you'll be mine And in our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow Down on the banks of the Ohio
I drew my knife across her throat And to my breast she gently pressed Oh please, oh please, don't murder me! For I'm unprepared to die you see
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I taken her by her lily white hand I let her down and I made her stand There I plunged her in to drown And watched her as she floated down
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Returning home 'tween twelve and one Thinking of the deed I'd done I murdered the girl I love you see Because she would not marry me
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Next day as I was running home I met the sheriff standing in the door He said young man come with me and go Down to the banks of the OhioTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
