Banks Of The Ohio

<p>I asked my love to take a walk<br/>Take a walk, just a little ways<br/>And as we walked and we would talk<br/>How it would be our weddingday<br/><br/>And only say that you&#x27;ll be mine<br/>In no others arms entwined<br/>Down beside where the waters flow<br/>On the banks of the Ohio<br/><br/>I asked her if she&#x27;d marry me<br/>And my wife forever be<br/>She only turned her head away<br/>And had no other words to say<br/><br/>And only say that you&#x27;ll be mine<br/>In no others arms entwined<br/>Down beside where the waters flow<br/>On the banks of the Ohio<br/>I plunged a knife into her breast<br/>And told her she was going to rest<br/>She cried &quot;Oh Willy, don&#x27;t murder me<br/>I&#x27;m not prepared for eternity.&quot;<br/><br/>I took her by her golden curls<br/>And drug her down to the river-side<br/>An there I threw her into drown<br/>And I watched her as she floated down<br/><br/>And only say that you&#x27;ll be mine<br/>In no others arms entwined<br/>Down beside where the waters flow<br/>Down by the banks of the Ohio<br/><br/>And going home between twelve and one<br/>I cried &quot;Oh Lord, what have I&#x27;ve done?&quot;<br/>I&#x27;ve killed the only girl I love<br/>Because she would not marry me<br/><br/>And only say that you&#x27;ll be mine<br/>In no others arms entwined<br/>Down beside where the waters flow<br/>Down by the banks of the Ohio