[Verse 1]
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride
[Verse 2]
"All men are false, " says my mother
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies
The very next evening, they'll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh
[Verse 3]
My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
And on every link a heart does dangle
Of anothеr maid he's loved and wronged
[Verse 4]
Go court anothеr tender maiden
And hope that she will be your wife
For I've been warned, and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life
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