Sandy, the OBD song is actually Child #20. I copied the words out today:

THE ROSE AND THE LINDSEY O
(Trad)

There was a lady in the North
Hey wi' the rose and the Lindsey O
And she's fa'an in love wi' her faither's clerk
Doon by the Greenwood sidey O

She's coorted him for a year and a day
'Til it's her great belly did her betray

She's leaned her back against a tree
Thinkin' that she micht lichter be

And she's leaned her back against a thorn
And it's bonnie was the boys she' born

But she's ta'en oot her wee penknife
And she's pit an end tae their sweet lives

She's buried them 'neath a marble stane
Thinkin' tae gang a maiden hame

She's lookit ower her faither's wa'
And she's seen thae twa bonnie boys playin' at the ba'

Oh bonnie bairns gin ye were mine
I wad dress ye up in the silk sae fine

Oh cruel mither when we were thine
We nivver saw ocht o' the silk sae fine

Oh bonnie bairns come tell tae me
Fit kind o' a death I'll hae tae dee

Seven years a bird in the wood
Aye an' seven years a fish in the flood

Seven years a turn tae the warnin' bell
Aye but seven years in the caves o' hell

Welcome welcome bird in the wood
Aye and welcome welcome fish in the flood

Aye an' welcome turn tae the warnin bell
But God keep me oot o' the flames o' hell

[1995:] This song is based on the version found in the Child collection of Ballads # 20. Learned from the singing of The Gaugers. (Notes Old Blind Dogs, 'Legacy')

Yes, Metchosin, I like them very much, though 'Legacy' is the only one of their albums I have, and I haven't heard the new lineup. I particularly liked Ian Benzie's voice, so I'm a bit wary ... - Susanne