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  Say's that I can't be your bride  All men are false, says my mother  They'll tell you wicked, loathsome lies  The very next evening, they'll court another  And leave you all alone to pine and cry  My daddy is a handsome devil  He wears a chain, five miles long  And on each link, a heart does dangle  For another maid, he's loved and wronged  Go court another tender young maiden  I'm sure that she can be your bride  For I have been warned and I've decided  To sleep alone for the rest of my life  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