Here's another girls-view version:

I asked my love to take a walk
to walk with me a little way
and as we walked along we talked
all about our wedding day

and only say that you'll be mine
and in no other arms entwine
say you'll stay and never go
from beside the pretty banks of the Ohio

I took my lover by the hand
and dragged him down the banks of sand
and there I threw him in for to drown
and watched his sweet lily-white body floating down

and only say that you'll be mine
and in no other arms entwine
say you'll stay and never go
from beside the pretty banks of the Ohio

I bound the weeper round my head
for to show my love was dead
I cried no tear nor prayed no prayer
just turned around and I left my lover there

and only say that you'll be mine
and in no other arms entwine
say you'll stay and never go
from beside the pretty banks of the Ohio

I wandered home twixt twelve and one
smiling on what I had done
I'll let no man take liberty
if he will not then marry me

and only say that you'll be mine
and in no other arms entwine
say you'll stay and never go
from beside the pretty banks of the Ohio

Kris