The Louvin Brothers — Katie Dear

[Verse 1] Oh Katie dear go ask your mother If you can be a bride of mine If she says yes come back and tell me If she says no we'll run away Oh Willie dear there's no use in asking She's in her room a takin’ rest And by her side is a silver dagger To slay the one that I love best [Verse 2] Oh Katie dear go ask your father If you can be a bride of mine If he says yes come back and tell me If he says no we'll run away Oh Willie dear, there's no use in asking He’s in his room a takin’ rest And by his side there's a golden dagger To slay the one that I love best [Verse 3] Then he picked up this golden dagger And stove it through his troubled heart Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darlin' At last the time has come to part Then she picked up that bloody dagger And stove it through her lily-white breast Saying goodbye papa goodbye mama I'll die with the one that I love best