Banks Of The Ohio Lyrics - On Stage - Doc Watson

(break) 

I asked my love to take a walk 

Just a little ways with me 

And as we walked and we would talk 

All about our weddingday 

(chorus) 

Darling say that you'll be mine 

In our home we'll happy be 

Down beside where the waters flow 

On the banks of the Ohio 

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(break) 

I took her by her pretty white hand 

I let her down that bank of sand 

I pushed her in where she would drown 

Lord, I saw her as she floated down 

(chorus) 

Returning home about twelve or one 

Thinking "Lord, what a deed I've done?" 

I killed the girl I love, you see 

Because she would not marry me 

(chorus) 

(break) 

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The very next day at half past four 

The sherrif walked right to my door 

And he says "Young man, don't you try to run 

You'll pay for this awful crime you've done" 

(chorus)