Intro :
Don't s ing love songs; you'll wake my m other
She's sleeping h ere right by my s ide.
And in her r ight hand a silver d agger.
She says that I can 't be your br ide.
All men are false says my mother
They'll tell you wicked lovin' li es.
The very nex t evening they'll court a nother
Leave you alone to p ine and sigh.
My dadd y is a handsome devil
He's got a cha in five miles lo ng
And on every link a heart does d angle
Of another maid he's loved and wron ged.
Go cou rt another tender maiden
And hope that sh e will be your wi fe
For I've bee n warned and I've de cided
To sleep alon e all of my life.