Silver Dagger

Lyrics

[Chorus] Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here, right by my side And in her right hand, a silver dagger She says that I can't be your bride [Verse 1] "All men are false," said my mother "They'll tell you wicked, loving lies And the very next evening, they'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh" [Verse 2] My daddy, he's a handsome devil He's got a chain five miles long And on every link, a heart does dangle Of another maid he's loved and wronged [Verse 3] So court another tender maiden And hope that she will be your wife For I have been warned and I've decided To sleep alone all of my life [Chorus] Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here, right by my side And in her right hand, a silver dagger She says that I can't be your bride