Banks Of The Ohio

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 where happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the banks of the Ohio

I held a knife against her breast

As into my arm she pressed

She said, "Willy 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

Where I throwed her in to drown

I watched her as she floated down

Was walkin' home

'Tween 12 and one

Thinking of what I've done

I've killed a girl

My love you see

'Cause she would not marry me

The very next morn' about half past four

Sheriff came and knocked on my door

He said, "Young man come now and go, to the banks of the Ohio"