A good friend of mine, Terry Whelan from Manchester used to sing a version of this that his two sons had picked up in the school playground - perhaps in the 1970s. I may have some imperfections of memory - sorry Terry!

There was a lady dressed in green
Fare a lair a lido
There was a lady dressed in green
Down by the greenwood side-o.

She had a baby 3 months old

She had a penknife long and sharp

She stuck it in the baby's heart

She went to the well to wash it off

There came a rat-tat at the door

In came three bobbies rushing in      ( bobbies = policemen)

'Are you the woman as killed her child?'

Then off to prison you must go

And that was the end of Mrs Green

Mary Humphreys