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Banks of the Ohio

I asked my [G]love to take a [D]walk
Just to [D7]walk a little [G]way
As we walked along we [C]talked
All [G]about [D]our wedding [G]day

Chorus:
And only say that you'll be mine
And our home will happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
Down on the banks of the Ohio

I took her by her lily white hand
Led her down where the waters stand
There I pushed her in to drown
And watched as she floated down

I started home tween twelve and one
I cried, "My God, what have I done."
I murdered the only woman I loved
Because she would not marry me.

The very next morning about half-past four
the sheriff came knocking on my door
He said, "Young man, come with me and go
Down to the banks of the Ohio."

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