The Three Butchers-Various Artists

[ti:The Three Butchers] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:American Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Three Butchers - Various Artists (欧美群星) [00:01.61]Written by：Traditional [00:03.22]Johnstone he was riding along [00:06.15]As fast as he could ride [00:10.37]When he thought he heard a woman [00:14.18]He heard a woman cry [00:17.16] [00:19.25]Johnstone getting off his horse [00:21.72]Searching the woods all round [00:25.54]When he came upon a woman [00:29.19]With her hair bent to the ground [00:31.68] [00:34.05]Oh woman dearest woman [00:36.87]Who brought you here for this far [00:40.52]Who that brought you here this morning [00:44.39]With her hair bent to the ground [00:47.08] [00:49.22]It was three bold and struggling men [00:52.03]With swords gleaming on [00:56.14]Who that brought me here this morning [01:00.34]With me hair pinned to the ground [01:03.01] [01:05.33]Johnstone being a man of his own [01:08.35]Being a man and bold [01:11.93]He taken off his soldiers cloak [01:14.69] [01:15.22]To cover her from the cold [01:17.64] [01:18.32]Johnstone getting on his horse [01:20.73]The woman gets on behind [01:24.21]They then rode down that lonesome highway [01:29.04]Their fortune for to find [01:31.94] [01:35.53]They were riding along [01:38.19]Faster they could ride [01:41.54] [01:42.16]When she blown her fingers to her lips [01:46.19]And gave three shivering cries [01:48.84] [01:49.70]Out sprang three bold and strugling men [01:53.02]With swords gleaming on [01:56.69]Who let them on the Johnstone [01:59.93] [02:00.52]And commanded him to stand [02:03.17]I will stop stand said Johnstone [02:05.66]I'll stop then said he [02:07.86]For I never was in all of my life [02:11.15]Afraid of any three [02:13.34]Johnstone killing two of them [02:15.76]Not watching the woman behind [02:19.80]While he was after the other one [02:23.73]She stabbed him from behind [02:26.77] [02:29.33]They were free and a market day [02:32.30]People all passing by [02:36.33]Could that saw then this awful murder [02:41.36]Oh poor Johnstone die