The Rose And The Lindsey O' - Old Blind Dogs

There was a woman lived in the north

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

She has coorted her faither’s clerk

Doon by the Greenwood sidey O

She’s coorted him for a year and a day

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

'Til her great belly did her betray

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She’s leaned her back against a tree

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Thinkin' that she micht lichter be

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She’s leaned her back against a thorn

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Bonnie’s the boys that she has borne

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But she’s taen oot her wee penknife

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

And she has taen the bairnies' lives

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She’s buried them 'neath a marble stane

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Thinkin' tae gang a maiden hame

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She was lookin' ower her faither’s castle wa'

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

She’s spied her bonnie boys playin' at the ba'

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«Oh bonnie bairns, gin ye were mine

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

I’d dress ye up in silk sae fine»

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«Oh mither dear, fan we were thine

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

We nivver saw ocht o' the silk sae fine»

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«Bonnie bairns, come tell tae me

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Fit kind o' death I’ll hae tae dee»

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«Seven years a bird in the wood

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Seven years a fish in flood

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And seven years at the warnin' bell

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Seven years in the depths o' hell"

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Oh welcome, welcome bird in the wood

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

Welcome, welcome fish in the flood

Doon by the Greenwood sidey O

And welcome, welcome tae the warnin' bell

Hey wi' the rose and the lindsey O

God keep me oot o' the depths o' hell

Doon by the Greenwood sidey O