Bruton Town (Live, Thiene, Italy, 10 December 1982)

Bruton Town (Live, Thiene, Italy, 10 December 1982) - Pentangle

Composed by：Bert Jansch/Danny Thompson/Jacqui McShee/John Renbourn/Terry Cox

In Bruton town there lived a farmer

Who had two sons and a daughter dear

By day and night they were contriving

To fill their parents' hearts with fear

He told his secrets to no other

But to her brother this he said

I think our servant courts our sister

I think they have a 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 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 asked for her young servant-man

I ask because I see you whisper

So brothers tell me if you can

Oh sister you do offend me

Because you examine me

We've left him where he'd 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 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 cruelly

In such a place you may me find

As she rose early the next morning

With a heavy sigh and bitter groan

The only love that she admired

Lay in the ditch where he was throw'd

Three days and nights she did sit by him

And her poor heart was filled with woe

'Til cruel hunger crept upon her

And home she was obliged to go