The Rose and The Lindsey O’ Old Blind Dogs

[Verse 1]
Thare wis a woman lived in the north
Aye, wi the rose and the lindsey-o
She has coorted her faither's clerk
Doun by the Greenwood sidie-o

[Verse 2]
She's coorted him for a year and a day
Aye, wi the rose and the lindsey-o
Til her great belly did her betray
Doun by the Greenwood sidie-o

[Verse 3]
She's leaned her back against a tree
Aye, wi the rose and the lindsey-o
Thinkin that she might lichter be
Doun by the Greenwood sidie-o

[Verse 4]
She's leaned her back against a thorn
Aye, wi the rose and the lindsey-o
Bonnie's the boys that she haes borne
Doun by the Greenwood sidie-o

[Verse 5]
But she's taen oot her wee penknife
Aye, wi the rose and the lindsey-o
And she has taen the bairnies' lives
Doun by the Greenwood sidie-o