the greenwood side
Singer: baez, joan
there was a fair maiden lived in the north
oh
the rose and the linsey
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she fell in love with her father's clerk
down by the greenwood side
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he courted her a year and a day
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the rose and the linsey
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till her
the young man did betray
down by the greenwood side
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she leaned her back against the thorn
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the rose and the linsey
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and there
two bonny boys
she's born
down by the greenwood side
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she's taken out her little knife
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the rose and the linsey
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and she's robbed them of their life
down by the greenwood side
oh
there
she walked by her father's wall
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the rose and the linsey
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she saw her two bonny boys playing ball
down by the greenwood side
oh
oh
bonny boys
if you were mine
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the rose and the linsey
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i'd dress you up in silk so fine
down by the greenwood side
oh
oh
mother dear
when we were dying
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the rose and the linsey
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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
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what sort of life i'll have after dying?
down by the greenwood side
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seven years of visions of blood
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the rose and the linsey
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and seven years of hurt in the womb
down by the greenwood side
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seven years down in the mourning bell
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the rose and the linsey
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and seven years in the flames of hell
down by the greenwood side
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welcome
welcome
visions of blood
oh
the rose and the linsey
oh
and welcome
welcome
hurt in the womb
down by the greenwood side
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welcome 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