[Verse 1: Doc Watson]
I asked my love to take a walk
Just a little ways with me
And as we walked and we would talk
All about our wedding day

[Chorus: Both]
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

[Verse 2: Doc Watson]
I took her by her pretty white hand
I led her down those banks of sand
I plunged her in where she would drown
And watched her as she floated down

[Chorus: Both]
Darlin' say that you'll be mine
In our home, we'll happy bе
Down beside wherе the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio

[Verse 3: Doc Watson]
Returnin' home between twelve and one
Thinkin' "Lord, what a deed I've done
I've killed the girl I love, you see
Because she would not marry me"
[Chorus: Both]
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