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