Banks of the Ohio

I asked my ^Clove to take a ^Gwalk
Take a ^G7}walk just a little ^Cways
And as we ^C7walked, along we ^Ftalk^Fm
All would ^G7be our wedding ^Cday

   And only ^Csay that you'll be ^Gmine
   In no ^G7others arms ^Centwined
   Down be^C7side where the waters ^Fflow^Fm
   Down by the ^G7banks of the Ohi^Co

I asked her if she'd marry me
And my wife forever be
She only turned her head away
And had no other words to say

I plunged a knife into her breast
And told her she was going to rest
She cried "Oh Willy, don't murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I took her by her golden curls
And drug her down to the river side
And there I threw her into drown
And I watched her as she floated down

And going home between twelve and one
I cried "Oh Lord, what have I've done?"
I've killed the only girl I love
Because she would not marry me