作词 : Ewan MacColl

作曲 : Ewan MacColl

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

Down by the greenwood sidie, O

She leaned her back up against a thorn

Oh, the rose and the linsie O

There 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 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

Down by the greenwood sidie, O

She said "O, babes, if 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