The Silver Dagger

Oh katy dear, go ask your momma

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, ain't no use in asking

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 katy dear, then go ask your poppa

If you can 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, ain't no use in asking

For he's in his room-a taking rest

And by his side lies a silver dagger

To kill the one, that i love best

So he picked up, that silver dagger

He stove it through his troubled young heart

Saying goodbye Katie, goodbye darling

I'll die for the one, that i love best

Then she picked up, that bloody dagger

She stove it through her lilly white breast

Saying goodbye momma, goodbye poppa

I'll die for the one, that i love best