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There was a fair maid 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 'Til her, the young man did betray Down by the greenwood side oh She'd leaned her back against the thorn Oh the rose and the linsey oh And there two bonny boys she's borne Down by the greenwood side oh She's taken out her little knife Oh the rose and the linsey oh And she's run them off their life Down by the greenwood side oh As she walked by her father's wall Oh the rose and the linsey oh She saw her two bonny boys playin' 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 silks so fine Down by the greenwood side oh Oh mother dear, when we were thine Oh the rose and the linsey oh You did not treat us then so fine Down by the greenwood side oh Now bonny boys, come tell to me Oh the rose and the linsey oh What sort of death I'll have to die Down by the greenwood side oh Seven years of fish in the fire Oh the rose and the linsey oh And seven years of bird in the wood Down by the greenwood side oh Seven years up hung in the warning bell Oh the rose and the linsey oh And seven years in the flames of hell Down by the greenwood side oh Welcome, welcome fish in the fire Oh the rose and the linsey oh And welcome, welcome bird in the wood Down by the greenwood side oh Welcome, come to the warning bell Oh the rose and the linsey oh Well what saved me from the flames of hell Down by the greenwood side oh Down by the greenwood side |
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