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Greensleeves
anon.
words: anon.
words: anon.
Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteourly, and I have loved you so long, delighting in your company. Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight. Greensleeves was my heart o gold and who but my lady Greensleeves. If you intend to do disdain, it does the more enrapture me, And even so, I still remain a lover in captivity. Greensleeves was... Alas, my love. that you should own a heart of wanton vanity. So must I meditate alone upon you insincerity. Greensleeves was... Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu, to God I pray to prosper thee, for I am still your lover true come once again and love me. Greensleeves was... |
From William Barley's lute book.
- Source: From William Ballet: William Ballet's Lute Book (c. 1580)
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