Sean Mackin The Well Below The Valley ( The Magdalene Sisters)

At the well below the valley oh Green grows the lily oh Right among the bushes oh A gentleman was passing by He asked for a drink as he got dry My cup is full up to the brim If I were to stoop I might fall in If your true lover was passing by You d fill him a drink as he got dry She swore by grass, she swore by corn That her true love had never been born He said, Young maid you re swearing wrong For six young children you had born If you be a man of noble fame You ll tell to me the father of them . ..