nana mouskouri
down by the greenwood side
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 for 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  She's taken out her little knife Oh the rose and the linsey - oh And she's rubbed them of their life Down by the Grennwood 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'll 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 Greewood side - oh  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  Wecome 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