The Jolly Butcher

Another Great GBS Tune

The Jolly Butcher

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 a jolly butcher as you might plainly see

As he rumbled out one morning in search of company

He went into a tavern and a fair girl he did see

come for one night be my wife, come along with me

He called for liquor of the best

And he made such fortune play

Come for a drink it will make you think

That it is our wedding day

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 the fair young maid laid in the strangers arms

Ah early the next morning the charlotte went his way

He looked onto the that fair young maid and onto her did say

That sovereign that I gave to you. Now do not think me strange

That sovereign that I gave to you will you give me back me change

Well about twelve months later he rumbled 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 girl he did see

And she brought forth a baby three months old and placed it on his knee

Ah when he saw the baby he began to curse and swear

And he said onto that fair young maid why did you bring him here

Well he is your own kind sir she said. Do not think me strange

That sovereign that you gave to me well I give's you back your change