Greensleeves

Rosalind McAllister


Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off so discourteously
For I have loved you well and long, delighted in your company

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   Greensleeves was all my joy
   Greensleeves was my delight
   Greensleeves was my heart of gold
   And who but my lady Greensleeves

Your vows you've broken, like my heart, Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart but my heart remains in captivity

I have been ready at your hand, to grant whatever you would crave
I have both wagered life and land, your love and good-will for to have

If you intend thus to disdain, it does the more enrapture me
And even so, I still remain a lover in captivity

My men were clothed all in green, and they did ever wait on thee
All this was gallant to be seen, and yet thou wouldst not love me

Thou couldst desire no earthly thing, but still thou hadst it readily
Thy mu-sic still to play and sing; and yet thou wouldst not love me

Well, I will pray to God on high, that thou my constancy mayst see
And that yet once before I die, thou wilt vouchsafe to love me

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu, to God I pray to prosper thee
For I am still thy lover true, come once again and love me

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