Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting 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.
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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.
chorus
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
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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.
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Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
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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.
chorus
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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2006-08-16 13:33:16
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answer #1
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answered by rcpaden 5
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Alas, my love, you did me wrong,
To cast me out discourteously,
For I have loved you so long,
Delighting in your very company.
Now if you intend to show me disdain,
Dont you know it all the more enraptures me,
For even so I still remain your lover in captivity.
Green sleeves, youre all alone,
The leaves have fallen, the men have gone.
Green sleeves, theres no one home,
Not even the lady green sleeves
I sang my songs, I told my lies,
To lie between your matchless thighs.
And aint it fine, aint it wild
To finally end our exercise
Then I saw you naked in the early dawn,
Oh, I hoped you would be someone new.
I reached for you but you were gone,
So lady Im going too.
Green sleeves, youre all alone ...
Green sleeves, youre all alone,
The leaves have fallen, the men have all gone home.
Green sleeves, its so easily done,
Leaving the lady green sleeves.
2006-08-16 20:38:47
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answer #2
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answered by bmn44 4
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Alas my love you do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously;
When I have loved you so so long
Delighting in your company.
Your gown was of the grassy green
Your sleeves of satin were hanging by
Which made you be a harvest queen
Yet you would not love me
Green sleeves was my all my joy
Green sleeves was my delight,
Green sleeves was my heart of gold
And who but my lady green sleeves.
Alas my love you do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously;
When I have loved you so so long
Delighting in your company.
2006-08-16 20:33:25
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no universally accepted set of lyrics to Greensleeves, which, interestingly enough, is rumored to have been written by a king, Henry the VIII.
2006-08-16 20:36:22
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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Just go to a lyrics sight. There are many. I use them all the time.
2006-08-16 20:35:23
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answer #5
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answered by Lynn S 3
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