Silver Dagger - The Men They Couldn't Hang

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother

She's sleeping here right by my side

And in her right hand, a silver dagger

She says that I can't be your bride

All men are false, says my mother

They'll tell you wicked, loving lies

The very next evening, they'll court another

Leave you alone to pine and sigh

My daddy is a handsome devil

He's got a chain five miles long

And on every link, a heart does dangle

Of another maid he's loved and wronged

Go court another tender maiden

And hope that she will be your wife

For I've been warned and I've decided

To sleep alone all of my life

No cantes canciones de amor, despertarás a mi madre

Ella está durmiendo aquí a mi lado

Y en su mano derecha, una daga de plata

Ella dice que no puedo ser tu novia

Todos los hombres son falsos, dice mi madre

Te dirán mentiras perversas y amorosas

La noche siguiente, cortejarán a otro

Te dejo solo para suspirar y suspirar

mi papi es un diablito guapo

Tiene una cadena de cinco millas de largo

Y en cada enlace, un corazón cuelga

De otra doncella que ha amado y agraviado

Ve a cortejar a otra tierna doncella

Y espero que ella sea tu esposa

Porque he sido advertido y he decidido

Dormir solo toda mi vida