1. Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
to cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
delighting in your company.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
2. Alas, my love, that you should own
a heart of wanton vanity,
so must I meditate alone
Upon your insincerity.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
3. 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.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
4. If you intend thus to disdain,
it does the more enrapture me,
and even so, I still remain,
a lover in captivity.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
5. I have been ready at your hand,
to grant whatever thou wouldst crave;
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
6. 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.
Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
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