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 "All men are false", says my mother "They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies The very next evening they'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh" 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 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

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. All men are false, says my mother They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies The very next evening, they'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh. 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. 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.

Don't sing love songs You'll wake my mother She's sleeping here right by my side In her right hand is a silver dagger She says that I can't be your bride All men are fools So says my mother They'll tell you again Love and lies And then they'll go And court someother Leave you alone to pine inside My daddy is a handsome devil He's got a chain five miles long On every link, a heart does dangle Of another maid he's loved and wronged, ohhh Go court another tender maiden In hopes that she might be your wife For I've been warned so I decided I'll sleep alone all of my life, ohhh Beware, beware, a silver dagger

I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain Goin' up on Heartbreak Hill Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain 'Cause I lost my will to live It was six o'clock yesterday mornin' When my sweet baby packed up to leave It was six o'clock yesterday evening And I ain't done nothin' but grieve Well, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain Goin' up on Heartbreak Hill Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain 'Cause I lost my will to live I cried and I begged and I pleaded For my sweet baby not to go Like the leaf that's caught in a whirlwind Now I'm spinning out of control Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain Goin' up on Heartbreak Hill Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain 'Cause I lost my will to live Now what makes a man let a woman Turn him into a hollow shelf And run off and leave him behind her For whoever caught underneath her spell Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain Goin' up on Heartbreak Hill Yes, I'm goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain 'Cause I lost my will to live