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 fools, so says my mother They'll tell you again love and lies And then they'll go and court some other Leave you alone to pine inside 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 Go court another tender maiden In hopes that she might be your bride For I've been warned, so I decided I'll sleep alone all of my life 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