There was a maiden, lived in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in love with her father's Down by the side, oh
He courted her a and a day Oh, the and the linsey, oh her, the young man did betray Down by the side, oh
She leaned her back against the Oh, the and the linsey, oh And there, two bonny boys, born by the Greenwood side, oh
She's taken out her little 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 playing Down by the side, oh
Oh, bonny boys, if you mine 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, come to me Oh, the and the linsey, oh What sort of life I'll have dying? Down by the side, oh
years 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 by the Greenwood side, oh
Welcome, welcome, visions of 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 Greenwood