Lyrics:

There was a lady, lived in the North
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
She fell in love with her father's clerk
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
He courted her for a year and a day
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
Till her the young man did betray
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
She leaned her back up against a thorn
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
Then she had two pretty babes born
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
She took her penknife, keen and sharp
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
She has stucked it to their hearts
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
As she was walking her father's hall
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
She saw two babes a-playing ball
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
She said, 'Oh, babes, it's you can tell'
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
'What kind of death I have to die'
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
'Seven years a fish in the flood'
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
'Seven years a bird in the wood'
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
'Seven years a tongue in the warning bell'
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
'Seven years in the flames of hell'
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
'Oh, welcome, welcome, fish in the flood'
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
'Welcome, welcome, bird in the wood'
Down by the greenwood sidie-o
'Welcome, welcome, tongue in the warning bell'
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
'God, keep me from the flames in hell'
Down by the greenwood sidie-o