CHORUS:
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Oh won't you come along with me love
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Come along with me!
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Come for one night and be my wife
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And come along with me
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Well it is of the jolly butcher as you might plainly see
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As he roved out one morning in search of company
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He went into a tavern and a fair girl he did see
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Ah come for one night, be my wife, oh come along with me
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He called for liquor of the best
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And he makes such fortune play
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Come have a drink, it will make us think
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That it is our wedding day
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CHORUS
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Well he called for a candle to light their way to bed
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And when he had her in the room these words to her he said,
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"A sovereign I will give to you, for to embrace your charms"
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And all that night, that fair young maid, lied in the butchers' arms
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CHORUS
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Oh, Early the next morning be sure it went his way
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He looked unto that fair young maid and unto her did say,
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"That sovereign that I gave to you, do not think me strange,
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Well that sovereign that I gave to you will you give me back me change!"
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CHORUS
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Well about a 12 months later he roved out once more
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And he went into the tavern where he'd often been before
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He wasn't in there very long when his fair maid he did see
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And she brought forth a baby three months old and placed it on his knee
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When he saw the baby, he began to curse and swear
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And he said unto that fair young maid, "Why did you bring him here?!"
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"Well he is your own, kind sir", she said, "Do not think me strange,
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Well that sovereign that you gave to me, I gives you back your change!!"
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CHORUS x 2
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