In London town
Where I did dwell
Lived a butcher's boy
I loved so well

He stole from me
My heart away
But with me now
He will not stay

There is a house
In London town
Where my true love
He sets him down

And he takes a strange
Strange girl on his knee
And he tells to her
What he won't tell me

It's grief to me
And I'll tell you why
'Cause she has
More gold that I

But gold will melt
And silver fly
But true heart at love
Will never die

Must I go bound
As he goes free?
Must I love and
Who won't love me?

Both take my grave
Both long and deep
Lay some marble stone
At my head and feet

And over my grave
Lays a snow white dove
To show the world
I've died for love