Standard Tuning
No Capo
Oh Katie dear go ask your mama
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes come back and tell me
If she says no we ll run away
Oh Willie dear there s no use in asking
For she s in her room a taking rest
And by her side lies a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best
Oh Katie dear go ask your papa
If you could be a bride of mine
If he says yes come back and tell me
If he says no we ll run away
Oh Willie dear there s no use in asking
For he s in his room a taking rest
And by his side lies a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best
Then he picked up that silver dagger
And he stove it through her troubled heart
Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darlin
I ll die for the one that I love best
Then she picked up that bloody dagger
And she stove it through her lily white breast
Saying goodbye mama goodbye papa
I ll die for the one that I love best
