Oh katy dear, go ask your momma 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, ain't no use in asking 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 katy dear, then go ask your poppa If you can 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, ain't no use in asking For he's in his room-a taking rest And by his side lies a silver dagger To kill the one, that i love best So he picked up, that silver dagger He stove it through his troubled young heart Saying goodbye Katie, goodbye darling I'll die for the one, that i love best Then she picked up, that bloody dagger She stove it through her lilly white breast Saying goodbye momma, goodbye poppa I'll die for the one, that i love best