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