Silver Dagger

Song Silver Dagger
Artist Joan Baez
Album Joan Baez

Lyrics

[00:10.97] Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
[00:17.43] She's sleeping here right by my side
[00:24.31] And in her right hand a silver dagger
[00:30.92] She says that I can't be your bride.
[00:44.39] All men are false, says my mother
[00:51.00] They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies.
[00:57.61] The very next evening, they'll court another
[01:04.14] Leave you alone to pine and sigh.
[01:17.50] My daddy is a handsome devil
[01:24.11] He's got a chain five miles long
[01:30.88] And on every link a heart does dangle
[01:37.70] Of another maid he's loved and wronged.
[01:51.05] Go court another tender maiden,
[01:57.32] And hope that she will be your wife
[02:03.96] For I've been warned, and I've decided
[02:10.62] To sleep alone all of my life.