
Date of issue: 02.01.2006
Song language: English
The Well |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh |
A gentleman was passing by |
And he stopped for a drink |
As he was dry |
At the well below the valley oh |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh |
My pack is full unto the brim |
And if I were to stoop I might fall in |
If your true love was passing by |
You’d fill him a drink if he were dry |
She swore by grass, she swore by corn |
Her true love had never been born |
He said: Young girl you’re swearing wrong |
Six fine children you’ve born |
If you be the man of noble fame |
You’ll tell to me the father of them |
There’s two of them by your brother John |
At the well below the valley oh |
Another two by your uncle Dan |
At the well below the valley oh |
Another two by your father dear |
At the well below the valley oh |
Green grows the lily oh |
If you be the man of noble fame |
You’ll tell to me what happened to them |
There’s two buried 'neath the kitchen door |
At the well below the valley oh |
Another two near the stable door |
At the well below the valley oh |
Another two just beside the well |
At the well below the valley oh |
All of them outside the graveyard wall |
If you be the man of noble fame |
You’ll tell to me what’ll happen to me |
You’ll be seven years of ringing a bell |
At the well below the valley oh |
Seven years of burning in hell |
At the well below the valley oh |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh |
I’ll be seven years of ringing a bell |
But the Lord above might save my soul (I don’t think so) |
From burning in hell at the well below the valley oh |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh ! |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh |
Green grows the lily oh |
Right among the bushes oh… |