There was a maiden, lived in the north Oh, the and the linsey, oh She fell in love her father's clerk by the Greenwood 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 her back against the thorn Oh, the and the linsey, oh And there, two bonny boys, she's Down by the side, oh
taken 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 wall Oh, the and the linsey, oh She saw her two boys playing 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, mother dear, when we dying Oh, the and the linsey, oh You did not us then so fine Down by the side, oh
Now, bonny boys, tell to me Oh, the and the linsey, oh What sort of I'll have after dying? Down by the side, oh
years 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 mourning Oh, the and the linsey, oh And years in the flames 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 to the mourning bell Oh, the and the linsey, oh But God, save me from the of hell by the Greenwood side, oh Down by the side