You promised you'd meet me/Down at Adam's spring And bring me some money/And other fine things No money, no money,/Let this be thy fate We will go and get married/It'll be no disgrace Just get on behind me/And away we will ride Till we come to yon city/Where I'll make you my bride She got on behind him/And away they did ride Till they came to the river/Where water falls wide Little Omie, Little Omie,/I'll tell you my mind My mind is to drown you/And leave you behind Go pity, go pity,/Go pity cried she No pity, no pity,/No pity have I He beat her, he choked her/Till she scarcely could stand Then he threw her in the river/Below the milldam Little Omie were a missing/Nowheres could be found Her friends and relations/All gathered around Her mother kept a crying/Till at last I heard her say Jimmy Lewis has killed her/He's now run away He's up on deep river/as I understand They've got him in prison/For killing a man They've got him in prison/ bound down to the ground He has made his confession/he's got it wrote down You can kill me or hang me/ for I am the man That drownded little Omie/ below the milldam