Suzy Bogguss - Banks of the Ohio lyrics

I asked my love to take a walk To take a walk just a little ways And as we walked then we would talk All about our wedding day [Refrain] Only say that you'll be mine In no other arms entwine Down beside where the waters flow Down by the banks of the Ohio I asked her will she marry me And my wife forever be She only turned her head away And had no other words to say [Refrain] I held my knife against her breast And told her she was going to rest She cried, "Oh Willy! Don't murder me! I'm not prepared for eternity." I took her by her lily white hand And led her down the bank of sand And there I threw her in to drown And watched her as she floated down And going home between 12 and 1 I cried, "Dear Lord, what have I done? I've k**ed the only girl I love Because she would not marry me." [Refrain] [Refrain]