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Banks of the Ohio
19e-eeuwse ballad van een onbekende auteur.
Het lied lijkt romantisch, maar is eigenlijk een murder ballad: het gaat over een jongeman die zijn beminde verdrinkt in de Ohiorivier omdat ze niet met hem wil trouwen.
Banks of the Ohio
- Strofe 1
- I asked myClove to take aGwalk
- Just toG7walk a littleCway
- As we walked along weFtalked
- All aboutCourGweddingCday
- Refrein
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- And onlyCsay that you'll beGmine
- And ourG7home will happyCbe
- Down beside where the watersFflow
- Down on theCbanks of theGOhioC
- Strofe 2
- I took herCby her lily whiteGhand
- Led herG7down where the watersCstand
- There I pushed her in toFdrown
- And watchedCas sheGfloatedCdown
- [Refrein]
- Strofe 3
- I startedChome tween twelve andGone
- I cried, "MyG7God, what have ICdone."
- I murdered the only woman IFloved
- Because sheCwould notGmarryCme.
- [Refrein]
- Strofe 4
- The very nextCmorning about half-pastGfour
- the sheriffG7 came knocking on myCdoor
- He said, "Young man, come with me andFgo
- Down to theCbanks of theGOhio.C
- [Refrein]
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