Barbara Dane - Don't Sing Love Songs | Текст песни

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• Don't Sing Love Songs

Don't sing love song; you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping close by my side
And in right hand she holds a dagger
And says that I shan't be your bride.

All men are false, says my mother
They'll tell you wicked, lovely lies
The very next evening, court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

My father is a handsome devil
He's got a chain that's five miles long
And on every link a heart does dangle
Of another maid he's loved and wronged.

Wish that I was some little sparrow
Yes, one of those that fly so high
I'll fly away to my false true lover
And when he'd speak I would deny

All on his breast I'd lie and flutter
With my little tender wings
I'd ask him who he meant to flatter
Or who he meant to decease

Go court some other tender lady
And I hope that she will be your wife
For I've been warned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life.

Album "American Folk Songs"

"Silver Dagger", or "Katy Dear", is an American folk ballad, first published in 1907. It likely traces its roots to the British Isles of late 19th century, though possibly much earlier. "Katy Dear" uses the same melody but different lyrics, telling a similar story from a different perspective. The most famous recording may be that of folk duo Ian & Sylvia in 1964.

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