Capo on 4th Fret.
[Verse 1]
Don t sing love songs you ll wake my mother,
She s sleeping here right by my side,
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
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She says that I can t be your bride
[Verse 2]
(same chords progression)
All men are false, says my mother,
They ll tell you wicked, lovin lies.
The very next evening, they ll court another,
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.
[Verse 3]
(same chords progression)
My daddy is a handsome devil
He s got a chain five miles long,
And on every link a heart does dangle
Of another maid he s loved and wronged.
[Verse 4]
(same chords progression)
Go court another tender maiden,
And hope that she will be your wife,
For I ve been warned, and I ve decided
To sleep alone all of my life.