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T:The Three Butchers
T:Gibson, Wilson and Johnson
B:Broadwood, L, 1908, English Traditional Songs and Carols, London, Boosey
N:Reprinted by EP Publishing Limited, Rowman & Littlefield, Totowa, New Jersey, 1974
Z:Lucy Broadwood
S:Mr H Burstow, 1893
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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G2 |c2 c2 B2 (cA) |G2 (AB) c2 A2 | G3 F D2 E2 | C4 z2 
w:A sto-ry I will_ tell to_ you, it is of butch-ers three: 
c2 |B2 A2 B2 c2 |(d3 f d2) (dc) |B3 G A2 B2 | G4 z2
w:Gib-son, Wil-son and John--son, mark_ well what I do say;
G2 |G2 c2 B2 c2 |(cd) e2 d2 c2 |c G3 A2 G2 |(F4 E2)
w:Now as they had five hun--dred pounds, all on a mar-ket day,_ 
 G2 |G2 c2 B2 c2 |(Bc) d2 c2 A2 |G3 E D2 E2 | C4 z2 
w:      Now as they had five hun--dred pounds to pay up-on their way.
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w:With my hey ding ding, With my ho, ding ding,        
 cc | d2 G2 A2 G2 | (F4 E) z 
w:With my high ding ding, hey dey_ 
 G2 |G2 c2 (Bc) d2 | G4 c2 c2 |G3 E F2 D2 |C6 z2 |]
w:May God keep all_ good peo-ple from such bad com-pa-ny!