Babylon
There was three sisters out on a day
Too-ra-lee and a loney, O
They met a robber on their way
By the bonny, bonny banks of the vergie-o
Now he took the first one by the hand
Too-ra-lee
And he whipped her 'round 'til she could not stand
By the bonny
And he took the second though she tried to flee
And her red blood he spilled so free
And he held the third in a grip so tight
She said "I wish my brothers were here tonight"
"Oh, what are your brothers come tell to me"
"O one of them's a minister," said she
"And what's the other, I pray you tell?"
"The other one's a robber, like yourself"
"Lord have mercy for what I've done,
I've murdered my sisters all but one"
Now he took out a wee pen knife
And there he took his own sweet life
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