The Banks of the Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk

Just a little ways with me

As we walked and we would talk

All about our wedding day

Darlin', say that you'll be mine

In our home, we'll happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the Banks of the Ohio

I took her by her pretty white hand

I led her down that bank of sand

I pushed her in where she would drown

Lord, I saw her as she floated down

Darlin', say that you'll be mine

In our home, we'll happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the Banks of the Ohio

Returning home between twelve and one

Thinking, "Lord, Lord, what a deed I've done"

I'd killed the girl I love, you see

Because she would not marry me

Darlin', say that you'll be mine

In our home, we'll happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the Banks of the Ohio

The very next day at half past four

The sheriff walked right to my door

He said, "Young man, don't try to run

You must pay for this awful crime you've done"

Darlin', say that you'll be mine

In our home, we'll happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the Banks of the Ohio