Katy's down by the cellar door Calls for me to go Back down to the clover Singing soft and low Singing soft and low My little one's mother is Holding him and crying She hears Katy call my name And I can see her dying Katy says she loves me I used to feel the same Walking by the old boneyard Calling out my name Hand in hand we laid the deed And evil we have done Evil I will do no more To a mother and her son Katy Katy stay away from me I could never quit you, no You gotta let me be Sharpened up my razor, picked a piece of ground One of these dark and moonless nights Be the last around My lover turns to walk away And I follow close behind Trouble in my pocket Sorrow in my mind and Hand in hand we laid the deed And evil we have done Evil I will do no more To a mother and her son Katy Katy stay away from me I could never quit you, no You gotta let me be Sharpened up my razor, picked a piece of ground One of these dark and moonless nights Be the last around Dark is finally coming on and Silence in the woods Would a man do over if the lord said that he could God it's too late now the night has come Trouble them no more The cold steel blade across my neck Suffering will be over Katy Katy stay away from me I could never quit you, no You gotta let me be Sharpened up my razor, picked a piece of ground One of these dark and moonless nights Will be the last around