Greensleeves
1. Alas my love, you
do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously.
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and I have lovéd you so long, delighting in
your company.
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Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves
was my delight,
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Greensleeves was my heart of gold, and who
but my lady Greensl.
2. I have been ready
at your hand, to grant whatever you would crave,
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I have both wagered life and land your love and good will for to have.
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If you intend thus to disdain, it does the
more enrapture me,
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and even so I still remain a lover in captivity.
3. My men were
clothéd all in green, and they did ever wait on thee,
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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.
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Thy music still to play and sing, and yet
thou wouldst not love me.
4. Well, I will pray
to God on high, that thou my constancy
mayst see,
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and that yet once before I die, thou wilt
vouchsafe to love me.
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Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu, to
God I pray to prosper thee,
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Em
for I am still thy lover true, come once
again and love me.