The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother) Ian & Sylvia

[Verse 1]
There was a lady lived in York
On-a-lee an lonee
Fell in love with her father's clerk
Down by the Greenwood Sidie-o

[Verse 2]
She loved him up, she loved him down
On-a-lee and lonee
Loved him 'til he filled her arms
Down by the Greenwood Sidie-o

[Verse 3]
She leaned her back against an oak
On-a-lee and lonee
First it bend, and then it broke
Down by the Greenwood Sidie-o

[Verse 4]
She leaned her back against a thorn
On-a-lee and lonee
There she had two fine babes born
Down by the Greenwood Sidie-o

[Verse 5]
She took out her wee pеn knife
On-a-lee and lonee
There shе took those sweet babes' life
Down by the Greenwood Sidie-o