Without question the best weapon song has to be “Delilah” by Tom Jones and maybe “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin but I am going to say this time that the Kossoy Sister’s version of Maybell Carter’s “On the Banks of the Ohio” packs the greatest punch. I was shocked the first time I heard it, thinking, “Did I really just hear that?” Spooky. Amazing country harmony on their recording.
Banks Of The Ohio (Lyrics from the Johnny Cash version)
Songwriters: Maybelle Carter
I asked my love to take a walk
Take a walk just a little ways
And as we walked, along we talk
All would be our wedding day
And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio
I asked her if she’d marry me
And my wife forever be
She only turned her head away
And had no other words to say
And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio
I plunged a knife into her breast
And told her she was going to rest
She cried “Oh Willy, don’t murder me
I’m not prepared for eternity”
I took her by her golden curls
And drug her down to the river side
And there I threw her into drown
And I watched her as she floated down
And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio
And going home between twelve and one
I cried “Oh Lord, what have I’ve done?”
I’ve killed the only girl I love
Because she would not marry me
And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio
Honorable mention:
“Bad, bad Leroy Brown”, Jim Croche, “Dark Lady” Cher, “Miss Otis Regrets” Billie Holliday, “Bang Bang” Sonny and Cher, “The Night When the Lights Went Out in Georgia” Vicki Lawrence, “Hey Joe” Jimmy Hendrix, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, Gene Pitney, “Cowboys to Girls”, The Intruders”, “You Dropped a Bomb On Me”, The Gap Band, “Down By the Riverside”, Traditional Gospel
Will listen when I have time.Thanks Binstence ((((Hugs))))
The Kossoy Sisters - The Banks of the Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7z1_WU9KLs