Female Lyrics

I asked my love to take a walk
Just a little ways with me
And as we walked then we would talk
All about our wedding day

Oh darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we’ll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

I plunged a knife into his breast
As into my arms he pressed
He cried my love don't you murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity.

Oh darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we’ll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

And going home between twelve and one    
I cried "My God, what have I've done?"
I've killed the man that I loved you see
Because he would not marry me

Oh darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we’ll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

Male Lyrics

I asked my love to take a walk
Just a little way's with me.
An' as we walked
Then we would talk
All about our wedding day.

Oh Darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio.

I took her by her pretty hand
I led her down the banks of sand
I plunged her in
Where she would drown
An' watched her as she floated down.

Darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio.

Returnin' home between twelve and one,
Thinkin', Lord, what a deed I've done
I'd killed the girl I love, you see
Because she would not marry me.

Darlin say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio.