Greensleeves (Listen to midi)

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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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    for I am still thy lover true, come once again and love me.