Intro: verse 1: She sat down below a thorn Fine flowers in the valley And there she hugged her sweet babe born And the green leaves they grow rarely verse 2: "Smile na sae sweet, my bonnie babe" Fine flowers in the valley "An ye smile sae sweet, ye will smile me deid" And the green leaves they grow rarely verse 3: She's ta'en oot her wee pen knife Fine flowers in the valley And twined the sweet babe o' it's life And the green leaves they grow rarely verse 4: She's howket a grave by the light o' the moon Fine flowers in the valley An' there she's buried her sweet babe in And the green leaves they grow rarely VERSE 5: As she was going to the church Fine flowers in the valley She saw a sweet babe in the porch And the green leaves they grow rarely VERSE 6: "O sweet babe, an' thou wert mine" Fine flowers in the valley "I wad cleed thee in the silk sae fine" And the green leaves they grow rarely VERSE 7: "Oh, mother dear, when I was thine" Fine flowers in the valley "Ye did'na prove tae me sae kind" And the green leaves they grow rarely
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