Butcher Boy Songtext
von Lau

In Edingburgh town where I did dwell
A fisher′s girl, I loved her well
I courted her, for many days
She stole from me my heart away

There is an inn in that same town
There my love sits herself down
She sits upon a stranger's knee
And tells him what she wouldn′t tell me


The reason is, I'll tell you why
Because he's got more gold than I
But gold will melt and silver fly
In times of need you′d be as poor as I

Wrote a letter, wrote a song
Wrote a letter, wrote it long
On every line I dropped a tear
With every verse I cried ′Sarah dear'

Wrote a letter, wrote a song
Wrote a letter, wrote it long
On every line I dropped a tear
With every verse I cried ′Sarah dear'


I wish, I wish in vain
I wish she was a maid again
A maid again, she′ll never be
'Till apples grow, on orange trees