Silver Dagger

Don't sing love songs
You'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here right by my side
In her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride

All men are false, says my mother
They'll tell you wicked lovin' lies
They'll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh

My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
On every link, a heart does dangle
Of another maid he's loved and wronged, ohhh

Go court another tender maiden
In hopes that she will be your wife
For I've been warned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life