Brian Peters - All Alone and Lonely lyrics

There was a lady lived in York All alone and lonely She fell in love with her father's clerk Down by the greenwood side She loved him well, she loved him long All alone and lonely She grew with child as the year drew on Down by the greenwood side She leaned her back against an oak All alone and lonely First it bowed and then it broke Down by the greenwood side She leaned her back against a thorn All alone and lonely And there her two bonny babes were born Down by the greenwood side She took a penknife, long and sharp All alone and lonely She pierced it through their tender hearts Down by the greenwood side She dug a hole, both wide and deep All alone and lonely She threw them in and bid them sleep Down by the greenwood side She wiped the knife all on the gra** All alone and lonely But the more she wiped, the blood ran fast Down by the greenwood side She washed her hands all in the spring All alone and lonely Thought to return a maid again Down by the greenwood side But as she returned to her father's hall All alone and lonely She espied two babes a-playing at the ball Down by the greenwood side "Oh babes, oh babes, if you were mine All alone and lonely I would dress you up in the silk so fine Down by the greenwood side." "Oh, mother dear, we once were thine All alone and lonely But you didn't dress us in the silk so fine Down by the greenwood side "For you took a penknife long and sharp All alone and lonely You pierced it through our tender hearts Down by the greenwood side." "Oh babes, oh babes, what must I do All alone and lonely For this cruel deed I have done to you Down by the greenwood side?" "It's seven years to wash and wring All alone and lonely It's seven years to card and spin Down by the greenwood side "Seven years as an owl in the wood All alone and lonely Seven years as a fish in the flood Down by the greenwood side "And seven years to toll the bell All alone and lonely Seven years in the flames of Hell Down by the greenwood side."