It's up in the kitchen, down in the hall
I'll be lonely
w****'s the father of his sister's child
Down by the greenwood side
Took her down to the merry green wood
I'll be lonely
And there he shot his sister dead
Down by the greenwood side
He went back to his mother's home
Welcome to me my son my son
Son oh son, why are you so pale
Been down by the greenwood hunting quail
Ain't no quail a way down there
Been down there shooting the white tailed deer
Ain't no pistol kills a deer
w**** where's your sister fair?
Mother oh mother, make my bed
For I have shot my sister dead
Son oh son, where will you go?
Your father will kill you when he comes to know
He'll bury you under yon hill
If he doesn't kill you, I surely will
I'll be lonely
w****'s the father of his sister's child
Down by the greenwood side
Took her down to the merry green wood
I'll be lonely
And there he shot his sister dead
Down by the greenwood side
He went back to his mother's home
Welcome to me my son my son
Son oh son, why are you so pale
Been down by the greenwood hunting quail
Ain't no quail a way down there
Been down there shooting the white tailed deer
Ain't no pistol kills a deer
w**** where's your sister fair?
Mother oh mother, make my bed
For I have shot my sister dead
Son oh son, where will you go?
Your father will kill you when he comes to know
He'll bury you under yon hill
If he doesn't kill you, I surely will