3/4, tempo 100, Slow Rock; pro můj hlas kapo 2; pro irskou flétnu -5
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1. 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 so long,
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delighting in your company.
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R. 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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2. I have been readie at your hand,
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to grant what ever you would crave.
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I have both waged life and land,
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your love and good will for to have.
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R. 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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3. Thy gown was of the grassy green,
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They sleeves of satin hanging by,
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Which made thee be our harvest queen,
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And yet thou wouldst not love me.
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R. 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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4. Well, I will pray to God on high,
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That thou constancy mayst see,
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And that yet once before I die,
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Thou will vouchsafe to love me.
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R2 Greensleeves now farewel adue,
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God I pray to prosper thee:
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For I am stil thy lover true,
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come once againe and love me.
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