I asked my love to take a walk
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Just a little ways with me
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And as we walked and we would talk
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All about our weddingday
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And only say that you'll be mine
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In no others arms entwined
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Down beside where the waters flow
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On the banks of the Ohio
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I asked her if she'd marry me
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And my wife forever be
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She only turned her head away
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And had no other words to say
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I plunged a knife into her breast
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And told her she was going to rest
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She cried "Oh Willy, don't murder me
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I'm not prepared for eternity."
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I took her by her golden curls
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I drug her down to the river-side
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An I there threw her into drown
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And I watched her as she floated down
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And going home between twelve and one
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I cried "Lord, what have I've done?"
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I've killed the girl I love
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Because she would not marry me
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Banks Of The Ohio
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Johnny Cash |