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  14 <h1 class="songtitle">Down On The Banks Of The Ohio</h1>
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  16 <p>Trad (Laws F5)<br />
  17 Recorded by The Blue Sky Boys (Earl and Bill Bolick) Charlotte, Jun 16, 1936<br />
  18 Released on the posthumous Vol. 4 of Harry Smith's <em>Anthology of American Music</em><br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <p><a href="ohio.pdf">Sheet music version</a> (pdf format)</p>
  22
  23 <p>A rather slow version, relishing in the sweet clashes resulting from the &quot;hang&quot; of the melody line (see pdf file).</p>
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  28         C                 F                 C           G     C
  29         :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  30 ------|---0---0---0-----|---1-------1---1-|---0---0---0---3-|---0-------------|
  31 ------|---1---1---1-----|---1-------1---1-|---1---1---1---0-|---1-------------|
  32 ------|---0---0---0-----|---2-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------------|
  33 ------|-------------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  34 ----0-|-3-------3-----3-|-----0-3-----0---|-3-------3-------|-3-----0-3-------|
  35 --3---|-----3-----------|-1-------1-------|-----3-------3---|-----3-----------|
  36                                                                           Come</pre>
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  38 <pre class="verse">
  39         C                 G
  40 Come my love let's take a walk
  41        G7           C
  42 Just a little ways away
  43          C                F
  44 while we walk along we'll talk
  45       C        G       C
  46 Talk about our wedding day</pre>
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  48 <pre class="refrain">
  49 Only say that you'll be mine
  50 and in our home we'll happy be
  51 down beside where the waters flow
  52 Down on the banks of the Ohio</pre>
  53
  54 <pre class="verse">
  55 I drew my knife across her throat
  56 And to my breast she gently pressed
  57 Oh please oh please don't murder me
  58 for I'm unprepared to die you see
  59
  60 I takin' her 'bout her lily white hand
  61 I led her down in the banks of sand
  62 There I plunged her in to drown
  63 And watched her as she floated down
  64
  65 Returning home 'tween twelve and one
  66 Thinkin' of the deed I done
  67 I murdered the girl I loved, you see,
  68 'cause she would not marry me.</pre>
  69
  70 <pre class="refrain">Only say that you'll be mine
  71 and in our home we'll happy be
  72 down beside where the waters flow
  73 Down on the banks of the Ohio</pre>
  74
  75 <pre class="verse">Next day as I's returning home
  76 I met the sheriff standing in the door
  77 He said: &quot;Young man come with me and go
  78 Down to the banks of the Ohio.&quot;</pre>
  79
  80 <pre class="refrain">Only say that you'll be mine
  81 and in our home we'll happy be
  82 down beside where the waters flow
  83 Down on the banks of the Ohio</pre>
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