Ben Traverse - Old Time American Music

Silver Dagger

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here, right by my side
In her right hand is a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride

All men are false says my mother
They'll tell you sweet, sweet loving lies
And the very next evening, they'll court another
And leave you there to weep and sigh

My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
And on each link, a heart does dangle
Of another maid he's loved and wronged

So go and court another maiden
And hope that she will be your bride
For I've been forewarned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life



Credits
Writer(s): Robin Noel Pecknold
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Other Album Tracks

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  2. Black Jack Davey
  3. The Moonshiner
  4. East Virginia
  5. Silver Dagger
  6. Over the Garden Wall
  7. Lazy John
  8. Strawberry Roan
  9. Mole in the Ground
  10. Say, Darlin', Say

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Altri album

  1. Rocky Road to Dublin - Single
  2. In the Moment - Single
  3. Old Time American Music
  4. Songs of the Lakes, Rivers, and Seas: Shanties, Forecastle Songs, and Other Maritime Ballads

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