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