Two Butchers

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

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

[Chorus]
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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 
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such bad company....

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

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

[Chorus]
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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 
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such bad company....

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

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

[Chorus]
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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 
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such bad company....

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