Butcher Boy

She went upstairs to make her bed

And all one word to her mother said

"Her mother she went upstairs to"

"Oh grand-daughter, oh daughter, what troubles you"

Oh mother, oh mother, I cannot tell

That butcher boy that I love so well

He courted me, my life away

And I, with me, will not stay

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Her father he (Her father he)

Came home from work (Came home from work)

Saying, "Where's my daughter?" (Saying, "Where's my daughter?")

She seemed so hurt (She seemed so hurt)

He went upstairs (He went upstairs)

To give her hope (To give her hope)

And he finds her hanging (And he finds her hanging)

There on a rope (There on a rope)

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He took her knife (He took a knife)

And he cut her down (And he cut her down)

And on her was a heart (And on her was a heart)

These words he find (These words he find)

Go dig my grave (Go dig my grave)

Both white and deep (Both white and deep)

Place a marble slab (Place a marble slab)

He ripped my head and feet (Ripped my head and feet)

And on one coffin (And on one coffin)

Places no white dust (Places no white dust)

To warn the world (To warn the world)

That I died of love (That I died of love)

To warn the world (To warn the world)

That I died of love (That I died of love)

To warn the world

That I died of love