The Butcher Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]In [D]Lon[G]don ci[D]ty where I did dwell[G]
A [C]butcher boy, [Am]I loved right [D]well
He courted [Em]me, my life a[Am]way
But now with [D]me, he will not [G]stay

[Verse 2]
I wish, I [D]wish, I wish in [G]vain
I [C]wish I was a [Am]maid [D]again
A maid [Em]again I ne'er will [Am]be
'Til cherries [D]grow on an apple [G]tree
I [D]wish my

[Verse 3]
baby it was [G]born
And [C]smiling on its daddy's [D]knee
And me poor [Em]girl to be dead and [Am]gone
With the long green [D]grass
growing over [G]me
She [D]went upstairs

[Verse 4]
to go to [G]bed
And [C]calling [Am]to her mother sa[D]id
"Give me a [G]chair 'til [D]I sit d[Am]own
And a pen and [D]ink 'til I write [G]down"[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]
At [C]every word she [Am]dropped a [D]tear
And at every line cried "Willie dear
Oh, what a [Em]foolish girl was [Am]I
To be led [D]astray by a butcher [G]boy"

[Verse 6]
He went up[D]stairs and the door he [G]broke
He [C]found her hanging from a [D]rope
He took his [Em]knife and he cut her [Am]down
And in her [D]pocket, these words he [G]found
Oh, [D]make my

[Verse 7]
grave large, wide and [G]deep
Put a [C]marble [Am]stone at my head and [D]feet
And in the [Em]middle, a turtle [Am]dove
That the world may [D]know, that I died for [G]love