There was a fair maiden, in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in love her father's clerk by the Greenwood 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 knife Oh, the and the linsey, oh And she's robbed them of their Down by the side, oh
There, she walked by her father's Oh, the and the linsey, oh She saw her two bonny boys playing by the Greenwood side, oh
Oh, bonny boys, if you were Oh, the and the linsey, oh I'd dress you up in 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, come 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 hurt in the by the Greenwood side, oh
Seven years down in the bell 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 Down by the side, oh
Welcome to the mourning bell Oh, the and the linsey, oh But God, me from the flames of hell Down by the side, oh Down by the Greenwood