A gentleman was passing by
he stopped for a drink as he got dry
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

My cup is full up to the rim
And if I scoop I might fall in
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

If your true love was passing by
You'd give him a drink if he got dry
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

She swore by field, she swore by corn
Her true love had never been born
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

He said "young girl you're swearing wrong
for three fine children you had born"
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me the father of them
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

There's one of them by your brother John
at the well below the valley-o
The other one by your Uncle Don
at the well below the valley-o
The other one by your father Ron
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

(acoustic solo)

If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell me what I did to those man
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

There's one of them buried beneath the grass
at the well below the valley-o
The other one buried beneath the sand
at the well below the valley-o
The other one buried beneath the tree
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

Oh you are the man of the noble fame,
now here is your cup and now drink well
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

Now tell me a man of a noble fame
tell me what will happen myself
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

You'll be seven years ringing a bell
And then my dear you'll burn in hell
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)

(solo)

I'll be seven years ringing a bell
But Lord above may save my soul
From burning in hell
at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o (hey hey x2)