Oh you come along with me love along 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 in search of company He went into a tavern and a fair he did see Ah for one night, be my wife, oh come along with me He called for liquor of the And he makes fortune play have a drink, it will make us think That it is our day Well he called for a to light their way to bed And when he had her in the room these to her he said, "A sovereign I will to you, for to embrace your charms" And all that night, that fair young maid, in the butchers' arms Oh, Early the next morning be sure it his way He looked unto that fair 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 about a 12 months later he roved out more And he went into the tavern he'd often been before He wasn't in there very 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 that fair maid, "Why did you bring him here?!" "Well he is your own, kind sir", she said, "Do not me strange, Well that sovereign you gave to me, I gives you back your change!!" x 2