The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy easy guitar chords by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

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  • Verse 1
    In 
    London 
    city 
    where 
    did dwell 

    butcher 
    boy, 
    I loved 
    right 
    well 

    He 
    courted 
    me, 
    my 
    life 
    away 

    But 
    now 
    with 
    me, 
    he 
    will 
    not 
    stay 

    Verse 2
    wish, 
    wish, 
    wish 
    in 
    vain 

    wish 
    was 
    maid 
    again 

    maid 
    again 
    ne'er 
    will 
    be 

    'Til 
    cherries 
    grow 
    on an 
    apple 
    tree 

    wish 
    my 
    Verse 3
    baby 
    it 
    was 
    born 

    And 
    smiling 
    on 
    its 
    daddy's 
    knee 

    And 
    me 
    poor 
    girl 
    to be 
    dead 
    and 
    gone 

    With 
    the long 
    green 
    grass 

    growing 
    over 
    me 

    She 
    went 
    upstairs 
    Verse 4
    to 
    go 
    to 
    bed 

    And 
    calling 
    to 
    her 
    mother 
    said 

    "Give 
    me 
    chair 
    'til 
    sit 
    down 

    And 
    a pen 
    and 
    ink 
    'til 
    write 
    down" 

    Verse 5

    At 
    every 
    word 
    she 
    dropped 
    tear 

    And 
    at every line cried 
    "Willie dear 

    Oh, 
    what 
    foolish 
    girl 
    was 

    To be 
    led 
    astray 
    by a 
    butcher 
    boy" 

    Verse 6
    He 
    went 
    up
    stairs 
    and the 
    door 
    he 
    broke 

    He 
    found 
    her 
    hanging 
    from 
    rope 

    He 
    took his 
    knife 
    and he 
    cut her 
    down 

    And 
    in 
    her 
    pocket, 
    these 
    words 
    he 
    found 

    Oh, 
    make 
    my 
    Verse 7
    grave 
    large, 
    wide 
    and 
    deep 

    Put a 
    marble 
    stone 
    at my 
    head 
    and 
    feet 

    And 
    in 
    the 
    middle, 
    turtle 
    dove 

    That the 
    world 
    may 
    know, 
    that I died 
    for 
    love 

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