There was a maiden, lived in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in love with her clerk by the Greenwood side, oh
He courted her a and a day Oh, the and the linsey, oh Till her, the young man did by the Greenwood side, oh
She leaned her against 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 knife Oh, the and the linsey, oh And robbed them of their life by the Greenwood side, oh
There, she walked by her wall Oh, the and the linsey, oh She saw her two bonny boys ball Down by the side, oh
Oh, bonny boys, if you mine Oh, the and the linsey, oh I'd dress you up in so fine by the Greenwood side, oh
Oh, mother dear, 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 have dying? by the Greenwood side, oh
Seven of visions of blood Oh, the and the linsey, oh And seven years of in the womb by the Greenwood side, oh
Seven down in the mourning bell Oh, the and the linsey, oh And seven years in the of hell Down by the side, oh
Welcome, welcome, visions of Oh, the and the linsey, oh And welcome, welcome, hurt in the by the Greenwood side, oh
Welcome down to the mourning Oh, the and the linsey, oh But God, save me the flames of hell by the Greenwood side, oh Down by the Greenwood