Lyrics
Don't sing love songs
You'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here right by my side
In her right hand is a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride
All men are fools
So says my mother
They'll tell you again
Love and lies
And then they'll go
And court some other
Leave you alone to pine inside
My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
On every link, a heart does dangle
Of another maid he's loved and wronged, oh
Go court another tender maiden
In hopes that she might be your wife
For I've been warned so I decided
I'll sleep alone all of my life, ohh...
Beware, beware, a silver dagger
WRITERS
Joan C. Baez
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing
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LyricIQ Analysis
Top Emotion
Anger
Sentiment
Theme
Abuse and Violence
