Joan Baez – The Greenwood Side (Guitar)

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There was a fair  maid lived in the north

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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She fell in love  with her father's serf

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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He courted her  for a year and a day

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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]Til he the young  girl did betray

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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She leaned her back  up against the thorn

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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And there she had two little babes born

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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She took her penknife, clean and sharp

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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And pierced those two  babes to the heart

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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As she was walking her father's hall

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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She spied two boys  playing ball

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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She said, "Oh babes,  if thou were mine,"

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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"I'd dress you up  in silk so fine."

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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"Oh, mother dear,  when we were thine,"

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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"You did not treat  us then so fine."

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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She said, "Ah babes, 'tis you can tell,"

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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"What kind of death  I'll have to die?"

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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"Seven years  a fish in the flood,"

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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"Seven years  a bird in the wood."

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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Seven years the tongue in the mourning bell

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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Seven years  in the flames of hell

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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Welcome, welcome, fish in the flood

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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Welcome, welcome, bird in the wood

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh

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Welcome tongue in the mourning bell

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Oh, the rose and the lindsey, oh

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God save me  from the flames in hell

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Down by the Greenwood side, oh