Don't Sing Love Songs

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
 She's sleeping close by my side
 And in her right hand, she holds a dagger
 And says that I shan't be your bride
 All men are false, says my mother
 They'll tell you wicked, lovely lies
 And the very next evening, court another
 Leaving you alone to pine and sigh
 My father is a handsome devil
 He's got a chain that's five miles long
 On every link a heart does dangle
 Of some poor maid he's loving wrong
 Wish that I was some little sparrow
 Yes, one of those that fly so high
 I'd fly away to my heart's true lover
 And when he'd speak I would deny
 All on his breast I'd lie and flutter
 With my little tender wings
 I'd ask him who he meant to flatter
 Or who he meant to deceive
 Go court some other, tender lady
 And I hope that she will be your wife
 'Cause I've been warned and I've decided
 To sleep alone all of my life