Dave Van Ronk — Silver Dagger

Oh, Molly, dear, go ask your mother If you may be a bride of mine If she says yes, we will be married If she says no, we'll run away Oh, Willie, dear, I dare not ask her She's in her chamber taking a rest And at her side a silver dagger To kill the one that I love best Oh, Molly, dear, go ask your father If you may be a bride of mine If he says yes, we will be married If he says no, we'll run away Oh, Willie, dear, I dare not ask him He's in his chamber taking a rest At his side a silver dagger To kill the one that I love best And she took out her silver dagger Plunged it into her lily-white breast Saying, "goodbye, father, goodbye, mother Goodbye to the one that I love best" And he took out his silver dagger Plunged it into his lily-white breast Saying, "goodbye, father, goodbye, mother Goodbye to the one that I love best" Let's all take out our silver daggers Plunge them into our lily-white breasts Saying, "goodbye, father, goodbye, mother Goodbye to the one that we love best"