| There was a lady lived in the North
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| She fell in love with her faither’s clerk
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| He courted her a year and a day
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| Till her the young man did betray
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| She leaned her back up against a thorn
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| There she had two pretty babes born
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| She took her penknife, keen and sharp
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| She has stuck it through their hearts
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| As she was walking her father’s path
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| She saw two babes a-playing ball
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| She said «O, babes, if you can tell»
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| «What kind of death I have to die.»
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| «Seven years a fish in the flood»
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| «Seven years a bird in the wood»
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| «Seven years a tongue in the warning bell»
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| «Seven years in the flames of hell»
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| «Oh, welcome, welcome, fish in the flood»
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| «Welcome, welcome, bird in the wood»
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O
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| «Welcome, welcome tongue in the warning bell»
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| Oh, the rose and the linsie O
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| «God keep me from the flames in Hell.»
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| Down by the greenwood sidie, O |