There was a fair maiden 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, e-oh
He courted her a year and a day
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
Till her, the young man did betray
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
She leaned her back against the thorn
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And there, two bonny boys, she's born
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
She's taken out her little knife
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And she's robbed them of their life
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
As she walked by her father's wall
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
She saw her two bonny boys playing ball
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
Oh, bonny boys, if you were mine,
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
I'd dress you up in silk so fine
Down by the Greenwood side, e-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, e-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, e-oh
Seven years a fish in the flood
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And seven years a bird in the wood
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
Seven years a tongue in the warning bell
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And seven years in the flames of hell
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
Welcome, welcome, fish in the flood
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And welcome, welcome, bird in the wood
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
Welcome tongue to the warning bell
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
But, God, save me from the flames of, hell
Down by the Greenwood side, e-oh
Down by the Greenwood side
