A                             D
Don't sing love songs you'll wake my mother,
               A              Bm
She's sleeping here right by my side,
           G                    Em
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
              Bm G             A
She says that I can't be your bride


            A               D
All men are false, says my mother,
               A              Bm
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies.
             G                     Em
The very next evening, they'll court another,
           Bm  G             A
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

         A            D
My daddy is a handsome devil
            A             Bm
He's got a chain five miles long,
            G                 Em
And on every link a heart does dangle
         Bm   G               A
Of another maid he's loved and wronged.

          A               D
Go court another tender maiden,
            A               Bm
And hope that she will be your wife,
          G                 Em
For I've been warned, and I've decided
         Bm   G           A
To sleep alone all of my life.