The Butcher Boy - Lambchop

She went upstairs to make her bed and not a word to her 
Mother said her mother went upstairs too saying oh 
Daughter my daughter what troubles you 

Oh mother oh mother I can not tell that butcher that 
Butcher that boy I love so well he courted he courted my 
Life away and now at home at home he will not stay 

Ther is a place a place in london town wher that 
Butcher that boy he goes and sits down He takes that 
Strange that strange girl on his knee and tells her and 
Tells her what he won't tell me 

Her father her father came home from work saying my 
Daughter my daughter she looks so hurt he went upstairs 
Upstairs to give her hope and found her and found her 
Hanging from a rope 

He took a knife a knife and cut her down and in her 
Bosom her bosom a note he found go dig a grave 
Both wide and deep and place a marble slab at my head and feet 

And over my coffin my coffin place a snow white dove to 
Warn the world the world that I died for love