There was a maiden, lived in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in with her father's clerk Down by the side, oh
He her a year and a day Oh, the and the linsey, oh Till her, the young man did by the Greenwood side, oh
She leaned her back the thorn Oh, the and the linsey, oh And there, two boys, she's born by the Greenwood side, oh
She's taken out her little Oh, the and the linsey, oh And she's robbed them of life by the Greenwood side, oh
There, she walked by her wall Oh, the and the linsey, oh She saw her two bonny boys playing 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 us then so fine by the Greenwood 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 of visions of blood Oh, the and the linsey, oh And seven of hurt in the womb Down by the side, oh
Seven years down in the mourning Oh, the and the linsey, oh And seven in the flames of hell Down by the side, oh
Welcome, welcome, visions of Oh, the and the linsey, oh And welcome, welcome, in the womb by the Greenwood side, oh
Welcome down to the mourning Oh, the and the linsey, oh But God, save me the flames of hell Down by the side, oh by the Greenwood side