Bruton Town

In Bruton Town there lived a noble manHe had two sons and a daughter fairBy night and day they were contrivingFor to fill their sister's heart with careOne night one night our restless young girlOne brother rose up from his bedHe heard the servant court their sisterOh he heard they had a mind to wedOh when he rose the very next morningWent searching for the servant-manAnd when he found him this young man he murderedOh left him lying in the briars aroundOh she went to bed a-crying and lamentingAnd thinking of her own true loveAnd as she slept she dreamt that she saw hima-lying in the countryside all covered with gore and bloodOh brothers, brothers why do you whisperAnd what's become of this servant man?Oh we lost him when we were a-contendingWe lost him were he won't ever be foundOh she early rose the very next morningAnd searched the countryside aroundAnd there she saw her own dear jewelA-lying in the briars where he'd been foundThree days and nights she'd lie by himShe thought her heart it would break with woeWhen a cruel hunger came upon herAnd in despair to her home she did goOh sister, sister why do you whisperAnd won't you tell us where you've beenStand off, stand off you bloody butchersMy love and I you have all slain