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