Darling say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk
Just a little ways with me
And as we walked and we would talk
All about our wedding day

Darling say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

I took her by her lilly white hand
I let her down those banks of sand
I plunged her in so he would drown
And I watched her as she floated down

Darling say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

Returning home between twelve or one
I'm thinking "Lord, what a deed I've done?"
I killed the girl I love, you see
Cause she would not marry me
The very next day at half past four
The sherrif walked right to my door
And he says "Young man, don't you try to run
You'll pay for this awful crime you've done"

Darling say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio