Banks of the Ohio
Tragic Love Unveiled: Banks of the Ohio Tale
Lyrics
My love asked me, to take a walk
My love requested a stroll.
Just to walk, a little way
The walk was meant to be brief.
And as we walked along we talked
We conversed while walking.
Of when would be our wedding day
We discussed our prospective wedding date.
We walked beneath the whispering pines
We walked under the whispering pines.
His heart was filled with love divine
His heart was filled with divine love.
And as we neared the riverside
Approaching the riverside.
He asked me when I'd be his bride
He inquired about becoming his bride.
Oh no your bride, I'll never be
Declining to be his bride.
Another one's prepared for me
Mentioning another destined for marriage.
And as I drew my hand from his
Withdrawing hand from his.
His heart was filled with fire divine
His heart filled with intense emotion.
He drew his knife across my breast
He cut across my chest.
And in his arms I gently pressed
I embraced him despite it.
Willy dear, don't murder me
Pleading not to be killed.
For I am not prepared to die
Expressing unpreparedness for death.
He took me by my golden curls
He gripped my golden hair.
He drug me down to the riverside
Dragging me to the riverside.
And as he threw me into drown
Throwing me into the water.
He watched me as I floated down
Observing as I floated away.
He started home 'tween twelve and one
He commenced his journey home.
Thinking on the deed he'd done
Reflecting on the committed act.
Murdered just the one he loved
Having murdered the one he loved.
Because I would not be his bride
Reasoning for the murder due to rejection.
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