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There was a woman living near our town |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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In day and night walked up and down |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She bent her back up against an oak |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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There stand bended in the brow |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She bent her back up against a pine |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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And then two tender babes were born |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She had herself two tender babes |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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Decided for to take their lives |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She took her rope both long and deep |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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And tied each by his hands and feet |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She took a knife both thin and sharp |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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And pierced each through his tender heart |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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She went walking one moonlit night |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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She spied two babes all resting wide |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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Said "babes, oh babes if you were mine |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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I'd dress you up in silk so fine" |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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"Mother, oh mother when we was yours |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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You've drowned us in our own hearts' blood |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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In seven years you'll hear a bell |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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in seven years you'll rost in hell" |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
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There was a woman living near our town |
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On-a-lee and a-loly |
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In day and night walked up and down |
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Down by the Greenwood Sidee |
