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