The Silver Dagger lyrics

The Silver Dagger lyrics

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The Silver Dagger lyrics

Send "The Silver Dagger" Ringtone to your Cell The Silver Dagger Young men an` maidens, pay attention To these here lines l`m a-goin` to tell, They are the truth, if ever spoken, About a young an` beautiful girl. A young man courted a handsome lady, He loved her more than he loved his life; He ofttimes made her the solemn promise That she should be his lawful wife. But when his parents come to know this, They strove to part therm night an` day. `Oh son, oh son, don`t be so foolish, She is too pore,` they would ofttimes say. He fell upon his knees before them, Sayin`, `Father, mother, pity me, Don`t take from me my precious jewel, For she is all the world to me.` An` when the lady come to know this, She quick resolved what she would do; She wandered forth from the busy city, lts love an` pleasure she no more knew. She wandered down by the flowin` river, For three long days in a deep despair; She told her friends farewell forever, An` then for death she did prepare. She gazed a moment up to heaven, Wherein her soul should find its rest; She then drawed out the silver dagger An` pierced it through her snow-white breast . The young man at the roadside near her, He thought he heard his true love cry; He run around as one distracted, `Oh love, l fear you`re a-goin` to die.` He then picked up the bloody weapon, An` pierced it through his own true heart: Oh, let this be a woeful warnin`, To all that would true lovers part. A double coffin was directed, Their hands placed on each others` breast: An` now the lovers lie a-sleepin` Together in eternal rest. Note: Not to be confused with `Drowsy Sleeper` ballads, which are also called `Silver Dagger`. One of the high points in my folkie experience was hearing Ellen Stekert do a Pete- Seeger-type Mob singalong of this, which reached its climax with an impassioned `Let us take our silver daggers, And plunge them etc.` RG From Ozark Folksongs, Randolph Collected from Leone Duvall, MO, 1923 @love @suicide filename[ SILVDAG2 play.exe SILVDAG2 RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Send " The Silver Dagger" Ringtone to your Cell The Silver Dagger lyrics @ Burbler Lyrics | The Silver Dagger lyrics @ ELyrics | The Silver Dagger lyrics @ Kovideo | Lyrics and Video @ MusicBabylon | The Silver Dagger lyrics @ Songlyrics | The Silver Dagger lyrics @ ELyricsWorld

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