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The Butcher Boy - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Vito Likavec. 10.1K subscribers. Subscribed. 2.3K. 386K views 15 years ago. THE BUTCHER BOY In London city where I did dwell...more.
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- Vito Likavec
This is a video of "The Butcher Boy", one of the two songs that won me my Individual Artist Award this year from the Maryland State Arts Council. It feature...
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- Greg Latta
Performed by the Ludlow's Ballad Group. Clip from July '65. The Ludlow's were made up of (in this case) Paddy Roche, Margaret O'Brien & Seán Loughran. This...
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- clarebannerman
The Butcher Boy Lyrics by The Clancy Brothers from the Irish Folk Songs & Airs album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: In London city where I did dwell A butcher boy, I loved right well He courted me, my life away But now with me, he w….
Learn about the history and variations of this morbid song about a young girl who kills herself for love. Find out which artists have covered it and how it was used in a movie.
BUTCHER BOY (collected during the 1960s, from Charley Brown, i think;-compare Once my true love courted me for another version of this ballad> In London town there does dwell The butcher's boy I love so well; He courted me my heart away And then with me he would not stay. Now there's a place down in the town Where my love goes and sits him down;
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Oct 5, 2024 · The Butcher’s Boy appears to be derived from at least three separate British broadsides, namely Sheffield Park, The Squire’s Daughter (also known as The Cruel Father or The Deceived Maid) and A Brisk Young Sailor, which is also sometimes called There Is an Alehouse in Yonder Town.