(From August 8 2002 version)

I asked my love to take a walk
Just a little ways away
As we walked along
We talked all about our wedding day
Darling, say that you'll be mine
And in our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
Down on the banks of the Ohio

I took her by her lily white hand
Led her down and I made her stand
Pushed her in where she would drown
Watched her as she floated down
Darling, say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
Down on the banks of the Ohio

Returning home between 12 and 1
Thinking "Lord, what a deed I have done!"
Killed the girl I loved, you see
'Cause she would not marry me
Darling, say that you'll be mine
And in our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
Down on the banks of the Ohio
Down on the banks of the Ohio