Song Lyrics Unknown - Two Butchers    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Two Butchers Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Two Butchers Theme ID: 5788 Album: N/A TWO BUTCHERS Its of two noble butchers as I have heard men say They started out from London all on the market day And as they were riding along, as fast as they could ride "Oh, stop your horse" says Johnson, "for I hear some woman cry." "I will not stop," says Willson, "I will not stop." says he "I will not stop," says Willson, "for robbed we shall be" So Johnson he got off his horse and he searched the woods all round And there he found this woman with her hair pinned to the ground "How came you here dear woman? How came you here fast bound?" "How came you here stark naked with your hair pinned to the ground?" "They robbed me, they stripped me, they left me here fast bound." "They left me here this morning, with my hair pinned to the ground." So Johnson he being a valiant man, and a man of valiant mind He wrapped his coat around her, and he took her up behind And as they were riding along, as fast as they could ride She put her fingers to her mouth, and she gave three shivering cries Out jumped three bold and struggling men with swords keen in hand Who then commanded Johnson, commanded him to stand "I'll stop, I'll stand said Johnson, I'll stop, I'll stand said he "For never was I in all my life afraid of any three Oh, two of them he quickly slew, and the third he did not mind Till the false young woman took her knife and she stabbed him from behind Poor Johnson he spun round about and fell down to the ground And cursed that wretched woman, who gave him his dead wound The day it being the market day, there were people passing by Who saw the awful murder, who saw poor Johnson die. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Collected by Cecil Sharp Recorded by Martin Carthy on his "Second "Album", Topic 12TS341 Fairly common on both sides of the Atlantic, the story stays essentially the same, only varying in the number of butchers or the number of robbers who range themselves against Johnson. A treacherous woman has always seemed more despicable than a treacherous man. @outlaw @murder @England filename[ BUTCHER2 ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: United Kingdom Anthem Text, United States of America Anthem Text, Universal Pacifist, Universal Soldier, Unknown, Unquiet Grave, Unreconstructed Rebel, Until Morning, Up On The Rooftop, Uruguay Anthem Text, Uruguay Native Anthem Text, Us Infantry, Valley Forge, Van Diemans Land, Van Diemans Land Ii, Van Gogh, Vandy Vandy, Vanuatu Anthem Text, Vanuatu Native Anthem Text, Vatican Rag, Vegetable, Ven a Jess!, Venezuela, Verdant Braes Of Skreen, Vermont Boys In Gardner, Very Unfortunate Man, Vicar And The Frog, Vicar Of Bray, Vicar Of Bray American, Victory Won At Richmond, Vietnam Anthem Text, View From Home, Villikins And His Dinah, Violate Me In The Violet Time, Violets Of Dawn, Virgin Sturgeon, Virgin Sturgeon 2, Viva Lamour, W B A, Wabash Cannonball, Wagoners Lad, Wait For The Tide, Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie, Wake Island, Wake Nicodemus, Wal I Swan Git Up Napoleon, Wales Anthem Text, Walk In Jerusalem, Walk In The Light, Walk On By Wait On The Corner, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy