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It's of two noble butchers as I have heard men say
Started out from London all on a market day
And as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride
âOh, stop your horseâ - says Johnson - âfor I hear some woman cryâ
âI will not stopâ - says Wilson - âI will not stopâ - says he
âI will not stopâ - says Wilson - âfor robbed we shall beâ.
Johnson, he got off his horse, searched the woods all âround
And there he spied a woman with her hair pinned to the ground
âHow came you here, dear woman? How came you here fast bound?â
âHow came you here this morning with your hair pinned to the ground?â
âThey robbed me, they stripped me, they left me here fast boundâ
âThey left me here this morning with my hair pinned to the groundâ.
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people from such bad company.
Then Johnson, he being a valiant man and a man of courage bold
He took his coat from off his back to keep her from the cold
And as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride
She put a whistle to her mouth and she gave three shivering cries
Up jumped three bold and swaggering men with swords all in their hands
Who then commanded Johnson, commanded him to stand
âI'll stop, I'll standâ - says Johnson - âas long as I can standâ
âFor never was I, in all my life, afraid of any manâ.
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people from such bad company.
Oh, two of them he quickly slew and the third he did not mind
'Til the false young woman took a knife and stabbed him from behind
Poor Johnson he spun round about and he fell down to the ground
And he cursed that wretched woman who gave him his death wound
Now the day it being a market day, there were people travelling by
Who saw the awful murder, who saw poor Johnson die
Now Johnson he was a valiant man and a valiant man was he
May God keep all good people from such bad company.
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people
May God keep all good people from such bad company.
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