The Butcher Boy

She went upstairs to make her bed and not a word to her Mother said her mother went upstairs too saying oh Daughter my daughter what troubles you Oh mother oh mother i can not tell that butcher that Butcher that boy I love so well he courted he courted my Life away and now at home at home he will not stay Ther is a place a place in london town wher that Butcher that boy he goes and sits down He takes that Strange that strange girl on his knee and tells her and Tells her what he won't tell me Her father her father came home from work saying my Daughter my daughter she looks so hurt he went upstairs Upstairs to give her hope and found her and found her Hanging from a rope He took a knife a knife and cut her down and in her Bosom her bosom a note he found go dig a grave Both wide and deep and place a marble slab at my head and feet And over my coffin my coffin place a snow white dove to Warn the world the world that I died for love