[Verse 1: Joan Baez]
Don´t sing love songs, you´ll wake my mother
She´s sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can´t be your bride

[Verse 2: Joan Baez]
All men are false, says my mother
They´ll tell you wicked, loving lies
The very next evening, they´ll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh

[Verse 3: Joan Baez]
My daddy is a handsome devil
He´s got a chain five miles long
And on every link a heart does dangle
Of another maid he´s loved and wronged

[Verse 4: Joan Baez]
Go court another tender maiden
And hope that she will be your wife
For I´ve been warned and I´ve decided
To sleep alone all of my life