Two Butchers

	  		
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It's of two noble butchers, as I have heard men say 
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Started out from London, all on a market day 
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And as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride 
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"Oh, stop your horse," says Johnson, "for I hear some woman cry" 
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"I will not stop," says Wilson, "I will not stop," says he 
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"I will not stop," says Wilson, "for robbed we shall be" 

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Johnson, he got off his horse, searched the woods all 'round 
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And there he spied a woman with her hair pinned to the ground 
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"How came you here, dear woman? How came you here fast bound? 
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How came you here this morning, with your hair pinned to the ground?" 
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"They robbed me, they stripped me, they left me here fast bound 
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They left me here this morning, with my hair pinned to the ground" 

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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people from such bad company... 


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Then Johnson, he being a valiant man and a man of courage bold 
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He took his coat from off his back to keep her from the cold 
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And as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride 
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She put a whistle to her mouth and she gave three shivering cries 

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Up jumped three bold and swaggering men with swords all in their hands 
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Who then commanded Johnson, commanded him to stand 
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"I'll stop, I'll stand," says Johnson, "as long as I can stand 
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For never was I, in all me life, afraid of any man" 

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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people from such bad company...
 

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Oh, two of them he quickly slew and the third he did not mind 
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Till the false young woman took a knife and stabbed him from behind 
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Poor Johnson he spun round about and he fell down to the ground 
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And he cursed that wretched woman who gave him his death wound 

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Now the day it being a market day, there were people travelling by 
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Who saw the awful murder, who saw poor Johnson die 
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Now Johnson he was a valiant man, and a valiant man was he 
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May god keep all good people from such bad company 

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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people 
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May god keep all good people from such bad company... 


Outro 
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