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"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song, often erroneously attributed to Henry VIII. The song's true author is unknown.

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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.
+==External Links==
+[http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/game/music/GreensleevesLyrics.htm Lyrics]
+[[Category:Songs]]
-== Lyrics ==<ref>http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/game/music/GreensleevesLyrics.htm</ref>
-Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
-To cast me off discourteously.
-For I have loved you well and long,
-Delighting in your company.
-Chorus:
-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.
-chorus
-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.
-chorus
-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.
-chorus
-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.
-chorus
-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.
-chorus
-<references/>

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