Greenwood Sidee
There was a woman lived near our town
All-a-lee and a-lowly
Day and night walked up and down
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She bent her back up against an oak
All-a-lee and a-lowly
First it bended, then it broke
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She bent her back up against a pine
All-a-lee and a-lowly
And then two tender babes were born
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She had herself two tender babes
All-a-lee and a-lowly
Decided for to take their lives
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She took her rope both long and neat
All-a-lee and a-lowly
And tied each by his hands and feet
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She took a knife both clean and sharp
All-a-lee and a-lowly
And pierced each through his tender heart
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
She went walking one moonlit night
All-a-lee and a-lowly
She spied two babes all dressed in white
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
Said, "babes, oh babes, if ye were mine
All-a-lee and a-lowly
I'd dress you up in silk so fine"
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
"Mother, oh mother, when we was yours
All-a-lee and a-lowly
Ya drowned us in our own hearts' blood
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
In seven years you'll hear a bell
All-a-lee and a-lowly
In seven years you'll roast in hell"
Down by the Greenwood Sidee
There was a woman lived near our town
All-a-lee and a-lowly
Day and night walked up and down
Down by the Greenwood Sidee