There was a fair maiden, in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in with her father's clerk by the Greenwood side, oh
He courted her a and a day Oh, the and the linsey, oh Till her, the man did betray by the Greenwood side, oh
She leaned her against the thorn Oh, the and the linsey, oh And there, two boys, she's born Down by the side, oh
She's taken out her little Oh, the and the linsey, oh And she's robbed of their life Down by the side, oh
There, she by her father's wall Oh, the and the linsey, oh She saw her two bonny boys ball Down by the side, oh
Oh, bonny boys, if you were Oh, the and the linsey, oh I'd dress you up in silk so by the Greenwood side, oh
Oh, dear, when we were dying Oh, the and the linsey, oh You did not treat us then so by the Greenwood side, oh
Now, bonny boys, tell to me Oh, the and the linsey, oh What sort of life have after dying? Down by the side, oh
Seven of visions of blood Oh, the and the linsey, oh And seven years of in the womb Down by the side, oh
Seven down in the mourning bell Oh, the and the linsey, oh And years in the flames of hell by the Greenwood side, oh
Welcome, welcome, of blood Oh, the and the linsey, oh And welcome, welcome, in the womb Down by the side, oh
Welcome to the mourning bell Oh, the and the linsey, oh But God, save me from the of hell by the Greenwood side, oh Down by the Greenwood