I'm looking for the lyrics to a version of this song. I have a tape with the artists unidentified, but it may be called "Doon by the Greenwood Sidie-o". It's not "The Cruel Mother", but instead is about a young girl who falls in love with a knight, and is slain by her brother because the knight neglects to ask him for permission to wed.

The recording I have is by a group, and sung in what sounds like a Scottish accent. The first half is slow, and after an instrumental break is sung at a much faster pace as the girl is slain by her "brother John"

Can anyone tell me who this group may be? I can't find these particular lyrics in the D.T.

"There were three ladies played at ball, Hey wi' the rose and linsey O

Til yon knight came by and bedeviled? them all"

Also " Take me te yon high, high hill Hey wi the rose and lindsey-O

And lay me doon and I'll mak my will

Doon by the Greenwood Sidie-O"

Thanks folks, Clifton