Oh, Katie, dear, go ask your mama
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes, come back and tell me
If she says no, we'll run away
Oh, Willie, dear, there's no use in asking
She's in her room taking a rest
And by her side, she's in her room
By her side is a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best
Oh, Katie, dear, go ask your papa
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes, come back and tell me
If she says no, we'll run away
Oh, Willie, dear, there's no use in asking
She's in her room taking a rest
And by her side, she's in her room
By her side, she's in her room
So he picked up that silver dagger
And plunged it through his troubled heart
Saying goodbye, Katie, goodbye, darling
It's now forever, we must part
Then she picked up that bloody dagger
And plunged it through her lily-white breast
Saying goodbye, mama, goodbye, papa
I'll die for the one that I love best
I'll die for the one that I love best