The Rainy Day / Cruel Mother

There was a lady in the north
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
And she's fallen in love with her father's clerk
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

She's leaned her back against a thorn
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
And there twa bonnie boys has she borne
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

She's ta'en with her little penknife
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
And she's twain t' twa bonnie boys o'er their lives
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

She's buried them 'neath the marble stay
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
Then take the maiden to her father's hame
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

She's looked out from her father's hall
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
And she's spied the twa bonnie boys playin' at th' ball
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

"O' bonnie bairns, ga'en ye were mine"
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
"I'll clad ye up in silks so fine"
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

"O' cruel mother, when we were thine"
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
"You did na prove to us so kind"
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

"O' bonnie bairns, come tell to me"
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
"What kind o' hell I'll hae to gae"
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

"Seven years a fish in the sea"
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
"And seven long years a bud on the tree"
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

"Seven years you'll turn to the warnin' bell"
Aye, the roads and the landsy-o
"And in seven years be doon into hell"
Down by the greenwood sidey-o

Welcome, welcome, fish in the sea
Welcome, welcome, bud on the tree
Welcome, an' turn to the warnin' bell
But God keep me 'fraid o' th' flames o' hell

There was a lady in the north
Aye... Down... Welcome