The Bramble Briar
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In Bruton town there lived a farmer
Who had two sons and adored the deer
By day and night they were contriving
To fill their parents heart with fear
He told his secrets to no other
And to his brother this he said
"I think our servant courts our sister
I think they has a great mind to wed
I'll put an end to all their courtship
I'll send him silent to his grave"
They asked him to go out a-hunting
Without any fear or strife
And these two bold and wicked villains
They took away this young man's life
And in the ditch there was no water
Where only bush and briars grew
They could not hide the blood of slaughter
So in the ditch his body they threw
When they returned home from hunting
She's asking for her serving man
"I ask because I see you whisper
Brothers tell me if you can"
"Oh sister, sister you do offend me
Because you so examine me
We lost him where we've been a-hunting
No more of him we could not see"
As she lay dreaming on her pillow
She thought she saw her heart's delight
By her bedside as she lay weeping
He was dressed all in his bloody coat
"Don't weep for me my dearest jewel
Don't weep for me nor care nor pine
For your two brothers killed me cruel
In such a place you may me find"
She early rose the very next morning
With a heavy sigh and a bitter groan
The only love that she admired
She found in the ditch where he was thrown
The blood upon his lips was drying
Her tears were salt as any brine
She sometimes kissed him, sometimes crying
"Here lies the dearest friend of mine"
Three days and nights she did sit by him
'Til her poor heart was filled with woe
And cruel hunger crept upon her
And home she was obliged to go
"Oh sister, sister why do you whisper
And won't you tell me where you've been
Stand off, stand off, you bloody butchers
My love and I you have both slain"