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