Greenwood Sidey

(album: Twice Told Tales - 2015)

There was a lady lived in York all the lee and loney
Fell in love with her father's clerk down by the greenwood sidey-o

She loved him up, she loved him down all the lee and loney
Loved him 'til he filled her arms down by the greenwood sidey-o

She leant her back against an oak all the lee and loney
First it bent and then it broke down by the greenwood sidey-o

She leant her back against a thorn all the lee and loney
There she had two fine babes born down by the greenwood sidey-o

She took out her reaping knife all the lee and loney
There she took those sweet babes' lives down by the greenwood sidey-o

She wiped the blade against her shoe all the lee and loney
The more she rubbed, the redder it grew down by the greenwood sidey-o

She went back to her father's hall all the lee and loney
Saw two babes a-playing at ball down by the greenwood sidey-o

'Oh babes oh babes if you were mine' all the lee and loney
'I'd dress you up in scarlet fine' down by the greenwood sidey-o

'Oh Mother oh Mother if we were yours' all the lee and loney
'Scarlet was our own hearts' blood' down by the greenwood sidey-o

'Oh babes oh babes it's Heaven for you' all the lee and loney
'Oh Mother oh Mother it's Hell for you' down by the greenwood sidey-o