Oh Katie dear go ask your mama    If you can be a bride of mine    If she says yes come back and tell me    If she says no we'll run away       Oh Willie dear there's no use in asking    For she's in her room a taking rest    And by her side lies a silver dagger    To slay the one that I love best       Oh Katie dear go ask your papa    If you could be a bride of mine    If he says yes come back and tell me    If he says no we'll run away       Oh Willie dear there's no use in asking    For he's in his room a taking rest    And by his side lies a silver dagger    To slay the one that I love best       Then he picked up that silver dagger    And he stove it through her troubled heart    Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darlin    I'll die for the one that I love best       Then she picked up that bloody dagger    And she stove it through her lily white breast    Saying goodbye mama goodbye papa    I'll die for the one that I love best