Silver Dagger
by Dave Van Ronk
From the album: Inside Dave Van Ronk
Track 10 of 12 on Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964).
Duration: 2:18
Lyrics for Silver Dagger
Oh, Molly dear, go ask your mother If you may be a bride of mine. If she says yes, we will be married. If she says no, we'll run away. Oh, Willie dear, I dare not ask her. She's in her chamber takin' a rest, And at her side, a silver dagger To kill the one that I love best. Oh, Molly dear, go ask you father If you may be a bride of mine. If he says yes, we will be married. If he says no we'll run away. Oh Willie dear, I dare not ask him. He's in his chamber takin' a rest, And at his side, a silver dagger To kill the one that I love best. Then she took out her silver dagger Runs it into her lily-white breast, Saying, "Goodbye, father, and goodbye, mother. Goodbye to the one that I love best." And he took out his silver dagger, Plunged it into his lily-white breast, Saying, "Goodbye, father, and goodbye, mother. Goodbye to the one that I love best." Let's all take out our silver daggers, Plunge them into our lily-white breasts, Saying, "Goodbye, father, and goodbye, mother. Goodbye to the ones that we love best."