Down by the greenwoodside

A haunting tune, but I like the video

She was walking her fathers walk

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She was walking her fathers walk

She saw two pretty babes playing the ball

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

She said "Pretty babes if you's was mine"

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She said, "Pretty babes if you's was mine"

"I'd dress you in such silk and fine"

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

They said, "Dear mother when we was yours"

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You took a pen knife long and sharp

And pierced those pretty babes through the heart

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

She washed the pen knife in the stream

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She washed the pen knife in the stream

The more she washed it, the blood stained in

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

She leant her back up against a nook

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She leant her back up against a nook

First it bent and then it broke

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

Lay me down me di-dilly dilly downward

Down by the Greenwoodside oh

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