Sandy Denny - Bruton Town Lyrics
In bruton town there lived a noble manHe had two sons and a daughter fairBy night and day they were contrivingFor to fill their sisters 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 whats become of this servant man?Oh we lost him when we were a-contendingWe lost him were he wont 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 hed been foundThree days and nights shed 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 wont you tell us where youve beenStand off, stand off you bloody butchersMy love and I you have all slain
