Men They Couldn't Hang - Silver Dagger lyrics

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother

She's sleeping here, right by my side

And in her right hand, a silver dagger

Say's that I can't be your bride

All men are false, says my mother

They'll tell you wicked, loathsome lies

The very next evening, they'll court another

And leave you all alone to pine and cry

My daddy is a handsome devil

He wears a chain, five miles long

And on each link, a heart does dangle

For another maid, he's loved and wronged

Go court another tender young maiden

I'm sure that she can be your bride

For I have been warned and I've decided

To sleep alone for the rest of my life

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother

She's sleeping here, right by my side

And in her right hand, a silver dagger