Hi,

Is the name perhaps "Tunbridge"?

Here's part of an English version from the early 1800s:

Tales About Christmas
by Peter Parley (Samuel Griswold Goodrich) London 1838

Charpter 18 (exceprt)

A bricklayer, judging by his appearance, then entertained the company with the long ballad of "Lord Bateman's Daughter:" though he had by no means a good voice, yet you might have heard a pin drop on the floor while he was singing; and yet I question if equal attention was not given to a labourer, in a smock frock, who was the next singer.

He began his ditty with a twang, singing somewhat through his nose; but that did not signify, for the narrative contained in his ballad was full of interest. It began thus,

"Near Tunbridge waters a man there lived,"

and went on to say that the man had two sons and a daughter, whom he loved very dearly.

"A servant man with them there lived;
A servant man as you shall hear,
And this young lady did him admire,
And they loved each other dear."

It seems that the brothers of the young lady were highly offended, for, after some time,

"A hunting match there was provided
To take this young man's sweet life away."

This cruel plan succeeded too well, for the two brothers fell upon the servant man, in a lonely place, and killed him; thus the young lady was deprived of her lover, and thus the hard hearted brothers rid themselves of the servant man.

"Near Tunbridge waters a brook there runneth;
With thorns and briers it is overgrown,
And, all for to hide their cruel murder,
In that brook he was killed and thrown."

Richie