[Verse 1]
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 sidie, oh
[Verse 2]
He courted her for a year and a day
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
Till he, the young girl did betray
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 3]
She leaned her back up against a thorn
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And there she had two little babes born
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 4]
She took her penknife clean and sharp
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
And pierced those two babes to the heart
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 5]
As she was walking her father's wall
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
She spied two boys a-playing ball
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 6]
She said, "Oh babes if thou were mine"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"I'd dress you up in silk so fine"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 7]
"Ah, 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 sidie, oh
[Verse 8]
She said "Ah, babes, tis you can tell"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"What kind of death I'll have to die?"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 9]
"Seven years of fish in the flood"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"Seven years a bird in the wood"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 10]
"Seven years of tongue in the mourning bell"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"And seven years in the flames of Hell"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 11]
"Welcome, welcome, fish in the flood"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"Welcome, welcome, bird in the wood"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
[Verse 12]
"Welcome tongue in the mourning bell"
Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh
"God, save me from the flames in Hell"
Down by the Greenwood sidie, oh
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