Alas, my love
, you do me
wrong,
To ca
st me off discourteo
usly.
For I
have
loved you we
ll and lo
ng,
Del
ighting in y
our compa
ny.
[Refrain:]
G
reensleeves was all
my joy
,
G
reensleeves was my deligh
t
G
reensleeves was my he
art of gold,
And who
but my lady gr
eensleeves.
Your vows you´ve brok
en, li
ke my hea
rt,
Oh, wh
y did you so enrap
ture me?
Now I
rema
in in a wo
rld apart
But my h
eart remai
ns in captivit
y.
[Refrain]
I have been read
y at your
hand,
To gra
nt whatever you would crave
,
I have both w
agered life a
nd land,
Your l
ove and good-will
for to have
.
[Refrain]
Well, I will
pray to G
od on high,
That t
hou my constancy mayst se
e,
And th
at yet on
ce befo
re I di
e,
Thou w
ilt vouchsafe
to love me.
[Refrain]
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
[Refrain]
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.
[Refrain]
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.
[Refrain]
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.