A gentle man was passing by
He asked for a drink as he got dry
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
Me cup is full unto the brim
If I were to stoop I might fall in
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
If your true love was passing by
You'd fill him a drink as he got dry
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
She swore by grass, she swore by corn
That her true love had never been born
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
He said "Young maid, you're swearing wrong
For nine young children you have born"
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me the father of them
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
There's four of them by your father dear
And four more by your uncle
The last one by your brother John
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
If you be a man of noble esteem
You'll tell to me what did happen to them
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
There's four buried beneath the stable door
And four are near the kitchen door
The last one lies beneath the well
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
If you be a man of noble fame
Pray tell to me what happens then
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
You'll be seven long years a-ringing that bell
You'll be seven more a-porting in hell
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh
Right among the rushes
I'll be seven long years a-ringing that bell
But I'll not go a-porting in hell
At the well below the valley oh
Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh)
Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh)
At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes)
Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh)
Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh)
At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes)
Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh)
Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh)
At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes)
Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh)
Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh)
Right among the rushes