The Banks Of The Ohio-The Blue Sky Boys/Sam Markowitz/Al Cohn

[ti:Down On The Banks Of The Ohio] [ar:The Blue Sky Boys] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Banks Of The Ohio - The Blue Sky Boys/Sam Markowitz/Al Cohn [00:13.98]Come my love let's take a walk [00:18.38] [00:19.75]Just a little way away [00:24.64] [00:25.50]While we walk along we'll talk [00:30.30] [00:31.36]Talk about our wedding day [00:35.55] [00:37.07]Only say that you'll be mine [00:41.50] [00:42.60]And in our home we'll happy be [00:47.44] [00:48.34]Down beside where the waters flow [00:53.05] [00:54.07]Down on the banks of the Ohio [00:58.80] [00:59.76]I drew my knife across her throat [01:04.57] [01:05.28]And to my breast she gently pressed [01:09.81] [01:10.83]Oh please oh please don't murder me [01:16.49]For I'm unprepared to die you see [01:21.25] [01:22.24]I taken her by her lily white hand [01:26.92] [01:27.90]I let her down and I bade her stand [01:32.26] [01:33.70]There I plunged her in to drown [01:39.06]And watched her as she floated down [01:43.51] [01:44.58]Returning home tween twelve and one [01:49.18] [01:50.52]Thinking of the deed done [01:54.70] [01:55.71]I murdered a girl I love you see [02:01.37]Because she would not marry me [02:06.16] [02:07.44]Only say that you'll be mine [02:11.87] [02:12.88]And in our home we'll happy be [02:17.63] [02:18.65]Down beside where the waters flow [02:23.60] [02:24.43]Down on the banks of the Ohio [02:29.18] [02:29.78]Next day as I returning home [02:34.26] [02:35.37]I met the sheriff standing in the door [02:40.00] [02:40.90]He said young man come with me and go [02:46.33] [02:46.86]Down to the banks of the Ohio [02:51.17] [02:52.47]Only say that you'll be mine [02:56.83] [02:57.80]And in our home we'll happy be [03:02.41] [03:03.59]Down beside where the waters flow [03:08.39] [03:09.22]Down on the banks of the Ohio