I asked my love to take a walk

Just a walk a little way

And as we walked along we talked

All about our wedding day

Chorus:

Always say that you’ll be mine

In our home we’ll happy be

Down beside where the waters flow

On the banks of the Ohio

I took her by her lily white hand

And dragged her down that bank of sand

There I throwed her in to drown

I watched her as she floated down

Chorus: Always say…

Was walkin home between twelve and one

Thinkin of what I had done

I killed the girl I love you see

Because she would not marry me

Chorus: Always say…

The very next morn about half past four

The sheriff’s men knocked at my door

Sayin now young man come now and go

Down to the banks of the Ohio

Chorus: Always say… end.