I asked my love to take a walk,
Just a little way's with me.
An' as we walked,
Then we would talk
All about our wedding day.
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"Darlin', 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 pretty white hand,
I led her down the banks of sand,
I plunged her in
Where she would drown,
An' watched her as she floated down.
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Returnin' home between twelve and one,
Thinkin', Lord, what a deed I've done;
I'd killed the girl
I love, you see,
Because she would not marry me.
The very next day, at half past four,
The sheriff walked right to my door;
He says, "Young man,
Don't try to run.
You'll pay for this awful crime you've don."
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Požiadal som svoju lásku, aby sa prešla,
Len kúsok cesty je so mnou.
Keď sme išli,
Potom by sme sa porozprávali
Všetko o našom svadobnom dni.
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„Miláčik, povedz, že budeš môj;
U nás doma budeme šťastní,
Dole vedľa miesta, kde tečú vody,
Na brehu Ohia. “
Vzal som ju za jej peknú bielu ruku,
Viedol som ju po brehoch piesku,
Ponoril som ju dovnútra
Kde by sa utopila,
An 'ju sledoval, keď plávala dole.
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Návrat domov medzi dvanástou a jednou,
Myslím na to, Pane, aký skutok som urobil;
To dievča som zabil
Milujem, vidíš,
Pretože by si ma nevzala.
Hneď nasledujúci deň, o pol piatej,
Šerif prešiel priamo k mojim dverám;
Hovorí: „Mladý muž,
Nesnažte sa utekať.
Zaplatíte za tento hrozný zločin, ktorý ste spáchali. ““
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