Greenwood Sidee

There was a woman living near our town

On-a-lee and a-loly

In day and night walked up and down

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She bent her back up against an oak

On-a-lee and a-loly

There stand bended in the brow

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She bent her back up against a pine

On-a-lee and a-loly

And then two tender babes were born

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She had herself two tender babes

On-a-lee and a-loly

Decided for to take their lives

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She took her rope both long and deep

On-a-lee and a-loly

And tied each by his hands and feet

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She took a knife both thin and sharp

On-a-lee and a-loly

And pierced each through his tender heart

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

She went walking one moonlit night

On-a-lee and a-loly

She spied two babes all resting wide

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

Said "babes, oh babes if you were mine

On-a-lee and a-loly

I'd dress you up in silk so fine"

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

"Mother, oh mother when we was yours

On-a-lee and a-loly

You've drowned us in our own hearts' blood

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

In seven years you'll hear a bell

On-a-lee and a-loly

in seven years you'll rost in hell"

Down by the Greenwood Sidee

There was a woman living near our town

On-a-lee and a-loly

In day and night walked up and down

Down by the Greenwood Sidee