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Come my love, let's take a walk Just a little, ways away While we walk along we'll talk Talk about our wedding day Only say that you'll be mine Then our home will happy be Down this side, where the waters flow Down on the banks of the Ohio. I drew my knife across her throat And to my chest she gently pressed Oh, Willie, please don't you murder me For I'm unprepared to die, you see I took her by her lily white hands And I let her down where the water stands There I pushed her in to drown And I watched her as she floated down Only say that you'll be mine Then our home will happy be Down this side, where the waters flow Down on the banks of the Ohio. That day, while I was returning home SongtexteThinking Lord, what deed I've done I murdered the girl I love, you see Because she would not marry me Next day as I was running home I met the sheriff standing in my door He said young man, come with me and go Down to the banks of the Ohio. Only say that you'll be mine Then our home will happy be Down this side, where the waters flow Down on the banks of the Ohio. Down on the banks of the Ohio Aus Songtexte Mania