Silver Dagger

D A D Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother A Bm She's sleeping here right by my side G Em And in her right hand a silver dagger, Bm A She says that I can't be your bride. A D All men are false, says my mother, A Bm They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies. G Em The very next evening, they'll court another, Bm A Leave you alone to pine and sigh. A D My daddy is a handsome devil A Bm He's got a chain five miles long, G Em And on every link a heart does dangle Bm A Of another maid he's loved and wronged. A D So court another tender maiden, A Bm And hope that she will be your wife, G Em For I have been warned, and I've decided Bm A To sleep alone all of my life.