Great Big Sea - The Jolly Butcher lyrics

Oh, won't you come along with me, love
Come along with me
Come for the night, and be my wife
Yeah, come along with me hey!

Well, it is of a jolly butcher
As you might plainly see
As he rode on out one moring
In search of company he went into a tavern
And a fair girl he did see
Aw, come for the night be my wife
Just come along with me
He called for the girl of the best
And he made such fortune plain
Come have a drink, and I'll make us think
That it is our wedding day

Well, 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 soverign I will give to you
For to embrace your charms"
And all that night that fair young maid
Lied in the butcher's arms

Aw, early the nest morning
The butcher went his way
He looked unto that fair young maid
And unto her did say:
"That soverign that I gave to you
Now do not think me strange
But that soverign that I gave to you
Will you give me back me back me change?"

Have a dance!

Well, about a twelve months later
He rode on out once more
And he went into the tavern
That he'd often been before
He wasn't in there very long
When his fair maid he did see
She brought forth a baby, three months old
And placed it on his knee
Aw, when he saw the baby
He began to curse and swear
And he said unto that fair young maid:
"Why did you bring him here?"
"Well, he's your own, kind sir!" She said
"Do not think me strage"
"Well, that soverign that you gave to me, "
"I gives you back your change!"