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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

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AND ONLY SAY THAT YOU'LL BE MINE
AND OUR HOME WILL HAPPY BE
DOWN BESIDE WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS
DOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO

I TOOK HER BY HER LITTLE WHITE HAND 
AND LED HER DOWN THAT BANK OF SAND
THERE I PUSHED HER OUT TO DROWN
I WATCHED HER AS SHE FLOATED DOWN

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I WENT BACK HOME BOUT HALF PAST ONE
THINKING OF WHAT I HAD DONE
I KILLED THE ONE I LOVED YOU SEE
CAUSE SHE WOULD NOT MARRY ME

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THE VERY NEXT MORN BOUT HALF PAST FOUR 
THE SHERIFFS MEN KNOCKED AT MY DOOR
THEY SAID YOUNG MAN COME NOW AND GO
DOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO

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