Lyrics:

Don't sing love songs You'll wake my mother She's sleeping 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 Says my mother They'll tell you wicked Lovin' lies And then the very next evening They'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh 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've decided To sleep alone all of my life