Greenwood Side Lyrics - Revival - Bellowhead

There was a lady, a lady of York 

Low down in the valley 

And she fell courting in her father's park 

Down by the greenwood side 

She leant her back up against a thorn 

Low down in the valley 

And there she had two pretty babies born 

Down by the greenwood side 

But she had nothing to wrap them in 

No silks of gold no gown of green 

But she had a penknife sharp and keen 

Down by the greenwood side 

And she didn't care how much it hurt 

Low down in the valley 

She stabbed them there right through the heart 

Down by the greenwood side 

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She wiped her penknife all in the sludge 

Low down in the valley 

And the more she wiped it the more blood showed 

Down by the greenwood side 

As she was walking in her father's hall 

Where the long grass grows by an old stone wall 

She spied two pretty babies playing at ball 

Down by the greenwood side 

Oh pretty babies if you were mine 

Low down in the valley 

I'd dress you up in silks so fine 

Down by the greenwood side, the greenwood side 

Dear mother, dear mother, when we were thine 

Low down in the valley . 

Oh you didn't have time to dress us up fine 

Down by the greenwood side, the greenwood Side 

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And now we two in heaven dwell 

Where the angels ring the redemption bell 

While you must burn in the fires of hell 

Down by the greenwood side