Joan Baez Silver Dagger lyrics

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother<br />
She's sleeping here right by my side<br />
And in her right hand a silver dagger<br />
She says that I can't be your bride<br />
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All men are false, says my mother<br />
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies<br />
The very next evening they'll court another<br />
Leave you alone to pine and sigh<br />
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My daddy is a handsome devil<br />

He's got a chain five miles long<br />
And on every link a heart does dangle<br />
Of another maid he's loved and wronged<br />
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Go court another tender maiden<br />
And hope that she will be your wife<br />
For I've been warned and I've decided<br />
To sleep alone all of my life