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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
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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
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Strofe 3
I startedChome tween twelve andGone
I cried, "MyG7God, what have ICdone."
I murdered the only woman IFloved
Because sheCwould notGmarryCme.
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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
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