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Oh, won't you come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
Well, this is of a jolly butcher as you might plainly see,
As he rovéd out one morning in search of company;
He went into a tavern and a fair girl he did see,
Ah, come for one night, be my wife, oh, come along with me
He called for liquor of the best,
And he made such fortune play;
Come have a drink, it will make us think,
That it is our wedding day.
Won't you come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
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 sovereign I will give to you, for to embrace your charms."
And all that night, that fair young maid, lied in the butcher's arms.
Ah, come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
Ah, early the next morning be sure it went his way,
He looked unto that fair young maid and unto her did say,
"That sovereign that I gave to you, do not think me strange,
Well that sovereign that I gave to you will you give me back me change!"
Ah, come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
And won't you come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
Well, about a twelfth-month later he rovéd out once more,
And he went into the tavern where he'd often been before;
He wasn't in there very long when his fair maid he did see,
And she brought forth a baby three months old and placed it on his knee.
Ah, 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 is your own, kind sir", she said, "Do not think me strange?
Well that sovereign that you gave to me, well I gives you back your change!"
Ah, come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
Won't you come along with me, love,
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife,
And come along with me.
