Lyrics
Where that butcher s boy goes and sits down, he took his knife and cut her down Seeger, and found her hanging from a rope
he went upstairs to give her hope
i cannot tell
and tells to her what he won t tell me
And now at home he will not stay, to warn the world that i died of love
And found her hanging from a rope, and tells to her what he won t tell me, she went upstairs to make her bed
he courted me my life away
he went upstairs to give her hope
he went upstairs to give her hope
Where is my daughter, she seems so hurt
he took his knife and cut her down
he courted me my life away
She seems so hurt, he courted me my life away Lonesome, he takes that strange girl on his knee
She went upstairs to make her bed, her father he came up from work
And now at home he will not stay, where that butcher s boy goes and sits down
he takes that strange girl on his knee
go dig my grave both wide and deep
He courted me my life away, where that butcher s boy goes and sits down Peggy, place a snow white dove
i cannot tell
He takes that strange girl on his knee, go dig my grave both wide and deep Long, and not one word to her mother said
he took his knife and cut her down
to warn the world that i died of love
She seems so hurt, her mother she went upstairs too, where is my daughter
Place a snow white dove, her mother she went upstairs too
where that butcher s boy goes and sits down
What troubles you?, place a marble slab at my head and feet
He went upstairs to give her hope, where that butcher s boy goes and sits down
Place a marble slab at my head and feet, and in her bosom these words were found Road, and in her bosom these words were found
And tells to her what he won t tell me, and in her bosom these words were found
He takes that strange girl on his knee, he courted me my life away Seeger, he courted me my life away
her father he came up from work
He went upstairs to give her hope, her mother she went upstairs too, and over my coffin
Her father he came up from work, and now at home he will not stay, place a snow white dove