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Silver Dagger Lyrics — Dolly Parton | Dork

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Dolly Parton
Silver Dagger Lyrics

Lyrics

Silver Dagger

From The Grass Is Blue1999

Written by Traditional

Produced by Steve Buckingham

Lyrics

Silver Dagger

Don't sing love songs You'll wake my mother She's sleeping here right by my side In her right hand is 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 someother 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, ohhh Go court another tender maiden In hopes that she might be your wife For I've been warned so I decided I'll sleep alone all of my life, ohhh Beware, beware, a silver dagger

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About this track

"Silver Dagger" is a song by Dolly Parton from the album The Grass Is Blue, released in 1999. The song was written by Traditional. It was produced by Steve Buckingham.

Dolly Parton profile →The Grass Is Blue album →Track profile →

Track 8 of 14Dolly Records

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Jim Mills— 11 credits as banjo →
Barry Bales— 58 credits as songwriter →
Jerry Douglas— 94 credits as producer →
Stuart Duncan— 196 credits as fiddle →
Bryan Sutton— 445 credits as producer →
Dolly Parton— 672 credits as songwriter & producer →

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