1. I asked my love...to take a walk,
Just a little...way away.
While we walked...along, we'll talk
All about...our wedding day.

CHORUS: Only say...that you'll be mine,
And in our home...we'll happy be.
Down beside...where the waters flow,
On the banks...of the Ohio.

2. I drew my knife...across her breast,
As into...my arm she pressed.
She cried, "Oh, Willie...don't you murder me,
I'm not prepared...for eternity."

3. I took her by...her lily-white hand.
I led her down...and I made her stand.
There I pushed...her in to drown,
And I watched her as...she floated down.

4. Returning home...'tween twelve and one,
Thinking of...the deed I done.
I murdered the only...girl I loved,
Because she would...not marry me.

5. Next day as I...was returning home,
I met the sheriff...standing in the door.
He said, "Young man...come now and go,
Down on the banks...of the Ohio."

Hope you can use this. It's not a riverboat song, but a classic song from the turn of the century about the troubles of a young man named Willie!
Song title: ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO.

HTML line breaks & capitalization added. --JoeClone, 13-Feb-03.