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Intro

1st verse:

I asked my love, to take a walk

Take a walk, just a little ways,

And as we walked, along we talked

Of when would be, our wedding day.

Chorus

And only say, that you'll be mine,

In no o thers arms entwined,

Down beside where the waters flow,

Down by the banks of the Ohio.

Verse 2

I asked her if she'd marry me,

And my wife forever be,

She only turned her head away

And had no other words to say.

Chorus.

Verse 3

I plunged a knife into her breast,

And told her she was going to rest,

She cried 'Oh Willie, don't murder me,

I'm not prepared for eternity.'

Verse 4

I took her by her golden curls,

And drug her down to the riverside,

And there I pushed her into drown,

And I watched her as she floated down.

Chorus.

Verse 5

And going home between twelve and one,

And cried 'Oh Lord, What have I done,

I've killed the only girl I love,

Because she would not marry me.

Chorus.