Bruton Town

In Bruton town there lived a farmer,En el pueblo de Bruton vivía un granjero,

Who had two sons and one daughter dear.Que tenía dos hijos y una hija querida.

By day and night they were contrivingDía y noche conspiraban

To fill their parents' heart with fear.Para llenar de miedo el corazón de sus padres.

He told his secrets to no other,No le contaba sus secretos a nadie más,

But unto her brother this he said:Pero a su hermano le dijo esto:

'I think our servant courts our sister.'Creo que nuestro sirviente corteja a nuestra hermana.

I think they has a great mind to wed.Creo que tiene grandes intenciones de casarse.

I'll put an end to all their courtship.Pondré fin a su cortejo.

I'll send him silent to his grave.'Lo enviaré en silencio a su tumba.'

They asked him to go a-hunting,Le pidieron que fuera de caza,

Without any fear or strife,Sin miedo ni pelea,

And these two bold and wicked villains,Y estos dos villanos audaces y malvados,

They took away this young man's life.Le quitaron la vida a este joven.

And in the ditch there was no water,Y en la zanja no había agua,

Where only bush and briars grew.Donde solo crecían arbustos y zarzas.

They could not hide the blood of slaughter,No pudieron ocultar la sangre del asesinato,

So in the ditch his body they threw.Así que en la zanja arrojaron su cuerpo.

When they returned home from hunting,Cuando regresaron a casa de caza,

She asked for her servant-man.Ella preguntó por su sirviente.

"I ask because I see you whisper,'Pregunto porque los veo susurrar,

So brothers tell me if you can."Así que hermanos díganme si pueden.'

"O sister, you do offend me,'Hermana, me ofendes,

Because you so examine me.Porque me examinas así.

We've lost him where we've been a-hunting.Lo perdimos donde estuvimos de caza.

No more of him we could not see."Ya no pudimos verlo más.'

As she lay dreaming on her pillow,Mientras ella soñaba en su almohada,

She thought she saw her heart's delight;Pensó que veía a su amor,

By her bed side as she lay weeping,Junto a su cama mientras lloraba,

He was dressed all in his bloody coat.Él estaba vestido con su abrigo ensangrentado.

"Don't weep for me, my dearest jewel,'No llores por mí, mi joya más preciada,

Don't weep for me nor care nor pine,No llores por mí ni te preocupes ni te consumas,

For your two brothers killed me so cruel-Pues tus dos hermanos me mataron tan cruelmente-

In such a place you may me find."En tal lugar puedes encontrarme.'

As she rose early the very next morning,Al día siguiente, ella se levantó temprano,

With heavy sigh and bitter groan,Con suspiros pesados y amargos gemidos,

The only love that she admired,El único amor que ella admiraba,

She found in the ditch where he was thrown.Lo encontró en la zanja donde lo arrojaron.

Three days and nights she did sit by him,Tres días y noches ella se sentó junto a él,

And her poor heart was filled with woe,Y su pobre corazón estaba lleno de dolor,

Till cruel hunger crept upon her,Hasta que el cruel hambre se apoderó de ella,

And home she was obliged to go.Y tuvo que regresar a casa.