Lyrics
oh willie dear there s no use in asking
to slay the one that i love best
to slay the one that i love best
oh katie dear go ask your mother
To slay the one that i love best, saying goodbye papa goodbye mama
And by his side there s a golden dagger, then he picked up this golden dagger
She s in her room a takin rest, oh willie dear
At last the time has come to part, then she picked up that bloody dagger
To slay the one that i love best, saying goodbye papa goodbye mama, if you can be a bride of mine
then he picked up this golden dagger
oh willie dear there s no use in asking
And by his side there s a golden dagger, saying goodbye katie goodbye darlin, to slay the one that i love best
she s in her room a takin rest
To slay the one that i love best, she s in her room a takin rest The, if you can be a bride of mine
Saying goodbye katie goodbye darlin, at last the time has come to part
at last the time has come to part
And by her side is a silver dagger, then he picked up this golden dagger
if he says yes come back and tell me if he says no we ll run away
If she says yes come back and tell me if she says no we ll run away, and stove it through his troubled heart Louvin, to slay the one that i love best
There s no use in asking, oh katie dear go ask your father, and stove it through her lily-white breast
If she says yes come back and tell me if she says no we ll run away, then he picked up this golden dagger The, and stove it through her lily-white breast
To slay the one that i love best, and by her side is a silver dagger Dear, and stove it through his troubled heart
And by her side is a silver dagger, to slay the one that i love best
She s in her room a takin rest, and stove it through her lily-white breast, if she says yes come back and tell me if she says no we ll run away
i ll die with the one that i love best
Saying goodbye katie goodbye darlin, she s in her room a takin rest
If you can be a bride of mine, and by her side is a silver dagger
oh willie dear
He s in his room a takin rest, oh willie dear there s no use in asking Katie, at last the time has come to part
Then she picked up that bloody dagger, i ll die with the one that i love best
Oh katie dear go ask your mother, and stove it through her lily-white breast, there s no use in asking
To slay the one that i love best, he s in his room a takin rest
Saying goodbye katie goodbye darlin, saying goodbye papa goodbye mama, to slay the one that i love best
And stove it through his troubled heart, oh katie dear go ask your father
If you can be a bride of mine, to slay the one that i love best, oh willie dear
if you can be a bride of mine
At last the time has come to part, there s no use in asking
And stove it through his troubled heart, and by her side is a silver dagger
If you can be a bride of mine, at last the time has come to part
Oh willie dear there s no use in asking, and stove it through his troubled heart, there s no use in asking
And stove it through her lily-white breast, and stove it through her lily-white breast
to slay the one that i love best
saying goodbye papa goodbye mama
to slay the one that i love best
She s in her room a takin rest, at last the time has come to part
To slay the one that i love best, if she says yes come back and tell me if she says no we ll run away, there s no use in asking
And stove it through her lily-white breast, if you can be a bride of mine
There s no use in asking, oh willie dear
If you can be a bride of mine, to slay the one that i love best
Oh willie dear there s no use in asking, there s no use in asking
if you can be a bride of mine
then she picked up that bloody dagger
And stove it through his troubled heart, and stove it through his troubled heart
and stove it through his troubled heart
To slay the one that i love best, he s in his room a takin rest Katie, then she picked up that bloody dagger
oh willie dear there s no use in asking
Then she picked up that bloody dagger, oh katie dear go ask your father Katie, oh katie dear go ask your father
if you can be a bride of mine
Oh willie dear, to slay the one that i love best, if you can be a bride of mine
then she picked up that bloody dagger