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Dixon and Johnson 
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Dixon and Johnson 
Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day, Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day, They rode up on a mountain ten thousand miles away Oh Lord, I've been all around the world. 
They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more, They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more, He wrapped her in his coat and set her up behind him, Oh Lord, I've been all around this world. 
Dixon being wearied lie down to take a rest, (2x) Up stepped this cruel old woman and stabbed him in the breast Oh Lord etc. 
She taken him to her parlor and cooled him with her fan She whispered low in her mother's ear, I love this gamblin' man 
Oh woman, oh woman, now see what you have done, You've killed your bravest soldier, and liable to be hung, 
They taken her out on the mountain and told her not to run All they gave to her was a pistol and a gun, 
The railroad is finished, the cars are on the track, Trouble will drive a boy from home, but money will bring him back 
From Ozark Folksongs, Randolph Collected from Miss Mary Drain, Ark. 1941 Note: A considerably degenerate version of the Three Butchers:
 the only one I've encountered where the lady wasn't stripped
 naked with her hair pinned to the ground. RG DT #325 Laws L4