As Performed by The Sweet Colleens
Chorus:
Oh, Won't you come along with me, love
Come along with me
Come for one night and be my wife
Come along with me
Well it is of a jolly butcher that you might plainly see
As he roved out one mornin' in search of company
He went into a tavern and a fair maid he did see
"Ah, come for one night and be my wife
Oh come along with me"
He called for liquor of the best
And he made such fortune play
"Come have a drink, it will make us think
Taht it is our wedding day"
Chorus
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 do give to you, for to embrace your charms"
And all that night the fair young maid lied in the butcher's arms
Chorus
Early the next mornin' just 'for he went his wayHe looked upon the fair young maid and unto her did say
"That sovereign that I gave to you, do not think me strange
That sovereign that I gave to you
Would you give me back me change?"
Chorus
About a-twelve month later, he roved out once more
And he came upon the tavern where he'd often been before
He wasn't in there very long when the fair maid he did see
She brought forth a baby, three months old
and placed it on his knee
When he saw the baby he began to curse and swear
And said unto that fair young maid "Why did you bring him here?"
"He is your own, kind sir, " she said "Do not think me strange
That sovereign that you gave to me
Well I gives ye back your change!"
Chorus (x2)