The Cruel Mother
There was a lady in New York
All along little Oma
She fell in love with her father's clerk
All down by the greenwood sidey
As she was going over the bridge
All along little Oma
She found herself a -growing big
All down by the greenwood sidey
She leaned her back against an oak
All along little Oma
First it bent and then it broke
All down by the greenwood sidey
She leaned herself against a thorn
All along little Oma
There she had two little babes born
All down by the greenwood sidey
She carried a pen-knife both keen and sharp
All along little Oma
She peirced those little babes to the heart
All down by the greenwood sidey
She buried them under a bunch of rue
All along little Oma
She prayed to the lord they'd never come to
All down by the greenwood sidey
As she was walking cross the porch
All along little Oma
She saw two little babes at play
All down by the greenwood sidey
Oh babes oh babes if you were mine
All along little Oma
I'd dress you up in silks so fine
All down by the greenwood sidey
Mother oh mother when we were thine
All along little Oma
You neither dressed us coarse nor fine
All down by the greenwood sidey
Mother oh mother for our sakes
All along little Oma
You'll always carry the key to Hell's gate
All down by the greenwood sidey
All along little Oma
She fell in love with her father's clerk
All down by the greenwood sidey
As she was going over the bridge
All along little Oma
She found herself a -growing big
All down by the greenwood sidey
She leaned her back against an oak
All along little Oma
First it bent and then it broke
All down by the greenwood sidey
She leaned herself against a thorn
All along little Oma
There she had two little babes born
All down by the greenwood sidey
She carried a pen-knife both keen and sharp
All along little Oma
She peirced those little babes to the heart
All down by the greenwood sidey
She buried them under a bunch of rue
All along little Oma
She prayed to the lord they'd never come to
All down by the greenwood sidey
As she was walking cross the porch
All along little Oma
She saw two little babes at play
All down by the greenwood sidey
Oh babes oh babes if you were mine
All along little Oma
I'd dress you up in silks so fine
All down by the greenwood sidey
Mother oh mother when we were thine
All along little Oma
You neither dressed us coarse nor fine
All down by the greenwood sidey
Mother oh mother for our sakes
All along little Oma
You'll always carry the key to Hell's gate
All down by the greenwood sidey
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Writer(s): Jacqui Mcshee
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