Greenwood Sidey

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