Steeleye Span - Two Butchers lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Two Butchers lyrics]
It's of two noble butchers as
I have heard men say
Started out from London all on a market day
And as they were a-riding as
Fast as they could ride
"Oh, stop your horse, " says Johnson
"for I hear some woman cry"
"I will not stop, " says
Wilson "I will not stop, " says he
"I will not stop, " says Wilson
"for robbed we shall be"
Johnson, he got off his horse
Searched the woods all 'round
And there he spied a woman with
Her hair pinned to the ground
"How came you here
Dear woman? How came you here fast bound?
How came you here this morning 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
The hair pinned to the ground"
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
Then Johnson, he being a valiant man and
A man of courage bold
He took his coat from off his back
To keep her from the cold
And as they were a-riding as
Fast as they could ride
She put a whistle to her mouth
And she gave three shivering cries
Up jumped three bold and swaggering men
With swords all in their hands
Who then commanded Johnson
Commanded him to stand
"I'll stop, I'll stand, " says Johnson
"as long as I can stand
For never was I in all my
Life afraid of any man"
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
Oh, two of them he quickly slew and
The third he did not mind
'Til the false young woman took a
Knife and stabbed him from behind
Poor Johnson he spun round about and
Fell down to the ground
And he cursed that wretched woman who
Gave him his death wound
Now, the day it being a market day
There were people travelling by
Who saw the awful murder
Who saw poor Johnson die
Now Johnson, he was a valiant man
And a valiant man was he
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
I have heard men say
Started out from London all on a market day
And as they were a-riding as
Fast as they could ride
"Oh, stop your horse, " says Johnson
"for I hear some woman cry"
"I will not stop, " says
Wilson "I will not stop, " says he
"I will not stop, " says Wilson
"for robbed we shall be"
Johnson, he got off his horse
Searched the woods all 'round
And there he spied a woman with
Her hair pinned to the ground
"How came you here
Dear woman? How came you here fast bound?
How came you here this morning 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
The hair pinned to the ground"
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
Then Johnson, he being a valiant man and
A man of courage bold
He took his coat from off his back
To keep her from the cold
And as they were a-riding as
Fast as they could ride
She put a whistle to her mouth
And she gave three shivering cries
Up jumped three bold and swaggering men
With swords all in their hands
Who then commanded Johnson
Commanded him to stand
"I'll stop, I'll stand, " says Johnson
"as long as I can stand
For never was I in all my
Life afraid of any man"
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
Oh, two of them he quickly slew and
The third he did not mind
'Til the false young woman took a
Knife and stabbed him from behind
Poor Johnson he spun round about and
Fell down to the ground
And he cursed that wretched woman who
Gave him his death wound
Now, the day it being a market day
There were people travelling by
Who saw the awful murder
Who saw poor Johnson die
Now Johnson, he was a valiant man
And a valiant man was he
May God keep all good people
From such bad company
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
From such bad company