A new ballad of the three merry butchers
Subtitle: and ten high-way men, how three butchers went to pay five hundred pounds away, and hearing a woman crying in the wood, went to relieve her, and were there set upon by these ten high-way men; and how only stout Johnson fought with them all, who killed eight of the ten; and at last was killed by the woman he went to save in the wood. To an excellent new tune
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2123.2:496-497
Publisher: printed for J. Bisset, and sold by J. Foster, at the sign of the Golden Ball in Pye-Corner
Published: 1690
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Notes: Publication date in Wing = [1685-1695]

Verse - "I'll tell you a story of lovely Butchers three,"

Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Wing (2nd ed.) N569A

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1991. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2123.2:496-497).