Lyrics

Katie dear go and ask your mother now if you can be my bride
If she says yes hurry back and tell me and you’ll be here my side
Willy dear no I cannot ask her now as she is taking rest
And by her side a silver dagger there to slay whom I love best

Chorus:
Oooooo going down like a sinking stone
Oooooo going down like a sinking stone

Katie dear go and ask your father now if you can be my bride
If he says yes hurry back and tell me and you’ll be here my side
Willy dear no I cannot ask him now as he is taking rest
And by his side that silver dagger there to slay whom I love best

Then he picked up that silver dagger and he drove it through his heart
Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darling now the time has come to part
Then she picked up that bloody dagger and she drove it through her chest
Saying goodbye love goodbye forever to the one that I love best