The Three Butchers-Pete Seeger

[ti:The Three Butchers] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:American Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Three Butchers - Pete Seeger [00:01.46]Written by：Traditional [00:02.93]Johnstone he was riding along [00:05.86]As fast as he could ride [00:10.08]When he thought he heard a woman [00:13.90]He heard a woman cry [00:16.88] [00:18.97]Johnstone getting off his horse [00:21.44]Searching the woods all round [00:25.26]When he came upon a woman [00:28.90]With her hair bent to the ground [00:31.40] [00:33.76]Oh woman dearest woman [00:36.59]Who brought you here for this far [00:40.23]Who that brought you here this morning [00:44.10]With her hair bent to the ground [00:46.79] [00:48.93]It was three bold and struggling men [00:51.74]With swords gleaming on [00:55.85]Who that brought me here this morning [01:00.06]With me hair pinned to the ground [01:02.73] [01:05.05]Johnstone being a man of his own [01:08.06]Being a man and bold [01:11.64]He taken off his soldiers cloak [01:14.41] [01:14.94]To cover her from the cold [01:17.35] [01:18.03]Johnstone getting on his horse [01:20.45]The woman gets on behind [01:23.92]They then rode down that lonesome highway [01:28.75]Their fortune for to find [01:31.66] [01:35.25]They were riding along [01:37.90]Faster they could ride [01:41.25] [01:41.88]When she blown her fingers to her lips [01:45.90]And gave three shivering cries [01:48.56] [01:49.41]Out sprang three bold and strugling men [01:52.73]With swords gleaming on [01:56.41]Who let them on the Johnstone [01:59.64] [02:00.23]And commanded him to stand [02:02.89]I will stop stand said Johnstone [02:05.38]I'll stop then said he [02:07.58]For I never was in all of my life [02:10.86]Afraid of any three [02:13.06]Johnstone killing two of them [02:15.47]Not watching the woman behind [02:19.52]While he was after the other one [02:23.44]She stabbed him from behind [02:26.48] [02:29.05]They were free and a market day [02:32.01]People all passing by [02:36.04]Could that saw then this awful murder [02:41.08]Oh poor Johnstone die