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Silver Dagger
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Silver Dagger
Katy Dear
Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper
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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:Silver Dagger T:Katy Dear / Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper C:Trad M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=120 K:C z G (G G) | "F" (A4 | A) A A G | "C" (E (C3 | C)) G G A | w:Don't sing love songs, - you'll wake my mo-ther - She's slee-ping c4 | "f" c4 | [M:2/4] c (B/2A/2) | [M:4/4] "G" (G4 | G) G G G | "F" (A4 | w:here, right by my - side. And in her right hand A) A A G | "C" (E (C3 | C)) G G A | (c4 | w:- a sil-ver dag-ger - She says that I - "G" c) G G (D | "C" D (E3 | E)) || w:- can't be your - bride - % W:1 W:Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother W:She's sleeping here, right by my side W:And in her right hand a silver dagger W:She says that I can't be your bride W: W:2 W:"All men are false", says my mother W:"They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies W:The very next evening they'll court another W:Leave you alone to pine and sigh" W: W:3 W:My daddy is a handsome devil W:He's got a chain five miles long W:And on every link a heart does dangle W:Of another maid he's loved and wronged W: W:4 W:Go, court another tender maiden W:And hope that she will be your wife W:For I've been warned and I've decided W:To sleep alone all of my life
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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:Katy Dear C:Traditional Q:1/4=120 K: W:Oh, Katy Dear, go ask your father W:If you might be a bride of mine W:If he says yes then come and tell me W:If he says no, we'll run away. W: W:I cannot go and ask my father W:For he is on his bed of rest W:And by his side there's a golden dagger W:To pierce the heart I love the best. W: W:Oh Katy Dear, go ask your mother W:If you might be a bride of mine W:If she says yes then come and tell me W:If she says no, we'll run away. W: W:I cannot go and ask my mother W:For she is on her bed of rest W:And by her side there's a silver dagger W:To pierce the heart I love the best. W: W:He picked up a silver dagger W:He pierced it through his wounded breast W:Farewell Katy, farewell darling W:I'll die for the one I love the best. W: W:She picked up the bloody weapon W:She pierced it through her snow-white breast W:Farewell Momma Farewell Poppa W:I'll go with the one I love the best.
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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper C:Traditional Q:1/4=120 K: W:Wake up, wake up, you drowsy sleeper, W:Wake up, wake up, for it's almost day W:Stick your head out at the window W:And see your true love march away W: W:Who is it that has come so early? W:Who is it that has come so soon? W:Catie dear, it your true lover W:That came so early and so soon W: W:Catie dear go ask your parents W:If you may be the[/my] bride of mine W:If they say no return and tell me W:And no longer will I pine W: W:Willy dear, it's no use [to] ask them W:They're in their room a takin' a rest W:And in their hands they both hold daggers W:To kill the one that I love best W: W:I then take out my silver dagger W:And pierce it in my tender breast W:Saying goodbye Catie, goodbye darling W:I'll die for the one that I love best W: W:I'll then take up his bloody dagger W:And pierce it in my lily white breast W:Saying goodbye Catie, goodbye darling W:I'll die for the one that I love best W: W:Oh may this day be long remembered W:Oh, may this day be ne'er forgot W:To all you cruel ill hearted parents W:Who try to keep true lovers apart
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Song Note
Song by
Traditional
Country of origin:
England
Appears a lot in USA, but version exists back to 1817 in England
Folk song references:
Roud-711
Song to be found in the following collection(s):
My Own Song Book