There was a lady lived in the North
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She fell in love with her faither's clerk
Down by the greenwood sidie, O
He courted her a year and a day
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
Till her the young man did betray
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She leaned her back up against a thorn
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
There she had two pretty babes born
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She took her penknife, keen and sharp
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She has stuck it through their hearts
Down by the greenwood sidie, O
As she was walking her father's path
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She saw two babes a playing ball
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She said O, babes, if you can tell
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
What kind of death I have to die
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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