A gentle man was passing by He asked for a drink as he got dry At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes Me cup is full unto the brim If I were to stoop I might fall in At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes If your true love was passing by You'd fill him a drink as he got dry At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes She swore by grass, she swore by corn That her true love had never been born At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes He said "Young maid, you're swearing wrong For nine young children you have born" At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes ♪ If you be a man of noble fame You'll tell to me the father of them At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes There's four of them by your father dear And four more by your uncle The last one by your brother John At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes If you be a man of noble esteem You'll tell to me what did happen to them At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes There's four buried beneath the stable door And four are near the kitchen door The last one lies beneath the well At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes ♪ If you be a man of noble fame Pray tell to me what happens then At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes You'll be seven long years a-ringing that bell You'll be seven more a-porting in hell At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the rushes I'll be seven long years a-ringing that bell But I'll not go a-porting in hell At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh) Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh) At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes) Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh) Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh) At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes) Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh) Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh) At the well below the valley oh (right among the rushes) Green grows the lily oh (at the well below the valley oh) Right among the rushes (green grows the lily oh) Right among the rushes