Silver Dagger from Lavendula by Lavendula

Tracklist

2.	Silver Dagger	3:00

Lyrics

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 wicked lovin' lies
And then they'll go
And court some other
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

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

Beware, beware, the silver dagger

Credits

from Lavendula, released February 3, 2022
Lilith - lead vocal acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
Henri June Bynx - banjo and vocals
Johanna Rose - upright bass and vocals

Recorded and mixed by Johanna Rose
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering

Silver Dagger is is an American folk ballad, popularized by Joan Baez (1960) and later Dolly Parton (1999)

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