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GREENSLEEVES
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(poss. Henry VIII of England, 1500's.)
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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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@courtship
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recorded by Deller Consort on Best Loved Songs
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also Dyer-Bennett
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filename[ GRNSLVS
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play.exe GRNSLVS
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DC
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===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY
Greensleeves - feat. Tim Foust
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