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| − | Greensleeves is a traditional English folk song, often mistakenly belived to the penned by [[Henry VIII]]. However, this is unlikely, and the songs true authorship is disputed. | + | '''"Greensleeves"''' is a traditional [[England|English]] [[folk song]], often erroneously attributed to [[Henry VIII]]. The song's true author is unknown. |
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| | + | ==External Links== |
| | + | [http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/game/music/GreensleevesLyrics.htm Lyrics] |
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| − | == Lyrics ==<ref>http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/game/music/GreensleevesLyrics.htm</ref>
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| − | Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
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| − | To cast me off discourteously.
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| − | For I have loved you well and long,
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| − | Delighting in your company.
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| − | Greensleeves was all my joy
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| − | Greensleeves was my delight,
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| − | Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
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| − | And who but my lady greensleeves.
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| − | Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
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| − | Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
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| − | Now I remain in a world apart
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| − | But my heart remains in captivity.
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| − | I have been ready at your hand,
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| − | To grant whatever you would crave,
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| − | I have both wagered life and land,
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| − | Your love and good-will for to have.
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| − | If you intend thus to disdain,
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| − | It does the more enrapture me,
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| − | And even so, I still remain
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| − | A lover in captivity.
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| − | My men were clothed all in green,
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| − | And they did ever wait on thee;
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| − | All this was gallant to be seen,
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| − | And yet thou wouldst not love me.
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| − | Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
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| − | but still thou hadst it readily.
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| − | Thy music still to play and sing;
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| − | And yet thou wouldst not love me.
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| − | Well, I will pray to God on high,
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| − | that thou my constancy mayst see,
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| − | And that yet once before I die,
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| − | Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
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| − | Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
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| − | To God I pray to prosper thee,
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| − | For I am still thy lover true,
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| − | Come once again and love me.
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