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