The Greenwood Side Lyrics - Joan Baez

Down by the Greenwood Side Lyrics 

There was a fair maiden lived in the north 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

She fell in love with her father's clerk 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

He courted her a year and a day 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

Till her, the young man did betray 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

She leaned her back against the thorn 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

And there, two bonny boys, she's born 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

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She's taken out her little knife 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

And she's robbed them of their life 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

There, she walked by her father's wall 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

She saw her two bonny boys playing ball 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Oh, bonny boys, if you were mine, 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

I'd dress you up in silk so fine 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Oh, mother dear, when we were dying, 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

You did not treat us then so fine 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

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Now, bonny boys, come tell to me 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

What sort of life I'll have after dying? 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Seven years of visions of blood 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

And seven years of hurt in the womb 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Seven years down in the mourning bell 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

And seven years in the flames of hell 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Welcome, welcome, visions of blood 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

And welcome, welcome, hurt in the womb 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Welcome down to the mourning bell 

Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh 

But, God, save me from the flames of hell 

Down by the Greenwood side, oh 

Down by the Greenwood side