The Cruel Mother Chords by Shirley Collins, Dr. Trad., Dr. Trad

[C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ A _ [B] minister's daughter _ _ _ in [F#] the _ _ north, _
Hey, [B] the _ [C#] _ _ Rose and the Lindsay [F#] O, _ _ _
She's fallen in love [B] with her [C#] father's _ clerk, _ _ _
Down _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o.
_ _ _ He _ _ _ _ [B] courted her _ _ for year [F#] and _ _ day,
_ Hey, [B] the _ [F#]
Rose _ [C#] and the Lindsay [F#] _ O,
_ _ Tell her the young [B] man did [C#] betray, _ _ _
Down _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o.
_ _ She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
leaned [B] her back _ _ up against [F#] a _ tree, _ _
[B] Hey, the [F#] Rose _ [C#] and the [F#] Lindsay O,
_ _ And there the tear [B] did blind [C#] her _ eye,
_ _ Down _ _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o.
_ _ She _ _ _ _ leaned [B] her _ _ _ back up against [F#] a _ thorn, _ _
[B] Hey, the [C#] Rose _ and the [F#] Lindsay O,
_ _ And there two bonnie [B] boys she [C#] has _ borne,
_ _ _ Down by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _
_ _ _ _ _ She's [B] taken _ out her little [F#] _ _
_ penknife,
_ Hey, [B] the [C#] Rose _ _ and the Lindsay [F#] O,
_ _ _ And she has twined them [C#] of their life, _
_ _ Down _ _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _
She _ _ _ laid [B] them _ beneath _ some [F#] marble _ stone,
_ _ Hey, [B] the [C#] Rose _ _ and the [F#] Lindsay _ O,
_ _ Thinking to go _ [B] a [C#] maiden _ home, _
_ _ Down _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _ _
As _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ she [B] looked over _ _ her [F#] father's _ _ wall,
_ [B] Hey, the [C#] Rose _ and the [F#] Lindsay O,
_ She saw her two [B] bonnie boys [C#] playing _ ball,
_ _ Down _ _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _
Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] bonnie _ _ _ boys, if you [F#] were _ mine, _
_ [B] Hey, the [C#] Rose [G#] _
[F#] and the Lindsay O, _ _ _
_ _ _ I would dress you [B] in [C#] silks of mine, _
_ _ _ Down _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh [B] cruel mother, _ _ when we [F#] were _ thine,
_ _ Hey, [B] the [G#m] Rose _ [C#] and the Lindsay [F#] _
O,
_ _ _ _ _ We didn't see out of [B] your silk [F#] so _ fine,
[B] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Down _ by the Greenwood sidey [F#] o.
_ _ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] bonnie _ _ boys, _ come tell to [F#] _ _ me, _
Hey, [B] the [C#] Rose _ _ and the [F#] Lindsay _ O, _ _
What sort of death [B] I'll have [C#] to die,
_ _ _ Down by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ Seven years as a fish [F#] in the _ _ flood,
_ Hey, [B] the [F#] Rose _ _ [C#] and the [F#] Lindsay _ O,
_ _ And seven _ _ _ _ [B] years a [C#] bird in the _ wood, _ _ _
Down _ by the Greenwood sidey [F#] o. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Seven [B] years a tongue _ in the [F#] warning _ bell, _
_ Hey, [B] the [G#] Rose [C#] _
and the Lindsay [F#] O, _ _ _
And seven _ years [B] in the flames [C#] of hell, _ _ _ _
Down _ _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Welcome, _ _ _ welcome, fish [F#] in the _ _ flood, _
Hey, [B] the Rose _ and the [F#] Lindsay O,
_ _ And welcome, welcome, _ bird [C#] in the _ _ wood,
_ _ Down _ by the [F#] Greenwood sidey o. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Welcome, tongue to the [F#] warning _ _ bell,
_ Hey, the [G#m] [C#] Rose [F#] _
_ [C#] and the [F#] Lindsay O, _ _
But God keep me [B] from the flames [C#] of hell, _ _ _
Down _ _ by the Greenwood [F#] sidey o. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _