Hi,

I'll post a few UK versions. This one is not online and compares favorably to the Overd version of 1904 by Sharp. This was collected by Hammond in 1907:

In Bruton Town- Sung by Mrs Baggs of Chedington, Dorset, in August, 1907 (Hammond Mss, D875).

1. In Bruton town there lives a farmer
Who had two sons and one daughter dear,
By day and night they was a-courting
To fill their parents' heart with fear.

2. "We think our servant courts our sister,
We think they has a mind to wed
We'll put an end to all their courtship,
And send [them] him silent to the grave."

3. A piece of hunting was provided,
Through woods and valleys where the briars grow;
And there they did this young man murder,
And into the pit his body throw.

4. Then these two villains returned from hunting
Not thinking what they had done,
"You're welcome home, my own true brothers,
Pray tell me, of my servant man?"

5 "We've a-left him where we've been a-hunting,
We've a-left him where he can't be seen.
To tell you plain you do offend us
You so quickly examined we."

6. Then she went to bed crying and lamenting,
Lamenting for her servant man;
She slept, she dreamed she saw him lie by her,
Covered all over in a pool of blood.

7. She woke up early, so early next morning,
And went to the brook where the briars grew;
And there she did behold her own true lover
Covered all over in a pool of blood.

8. She took her handkerchief out of her pocket
She wiped his eyes though they were blind
She kissed his tender sweet lips
'Here lies a bosom friend of mine."