Greenwood Side
Traditional

There was a fair maid lived in the north
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
She fell in love with her father's clerk
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
He courted her a year and a day
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
'Til her, the young man did betray
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
She'd leaned her back against the thorn
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
And there two bonny boys she's borne
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
She's taken out her little knife
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
And she's run them off their life
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
As she walked by her father's wall
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
She saw her two bonny boys playin' ball
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Oh bonny boys if you were mine
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
I'd dress you up in silks so fine
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Oh mother dear, when we were thine
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
You did not treat us then so fine
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Now bonny boys, come tell to me
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
What sort of death I'll have to die
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Seven years of fish in the fire
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
And seven years of bird in the wood
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Seven years up hung in the warning bell
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
And seven years in the flames of hell
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Welcome, welcome fish in the fire
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
And welcome, welcome bird in the wood
Down by the greenwood side oh
 
Welcome, come to the warning bell
Oh the rose and the linsey oh
Well what saved me from the flames of hell
Down by the greenwood side oh
Down by the greenwood side

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