Don't sing me love songs; you'll wake my mother
She's lying here, right by my side
In her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride.
All men are false, so says my mother
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies
And than they go and find some other
Leave you alone to pine and cry.
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.
So find yourself another lover
And hope that she might be your bride
Cos' I've been warned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life.