The Beadmakers Songbook - Nordmark
The Beadmakers Songbook - Nordmark
The Beadmakers Songbook - Nordmark
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Greensleves<br />
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,<br />
To cast me off discourteously.<br />
For I have loved you for so long,<br />
Delighting in your company.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy<br />
Greensleeves was my delight,<br />
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,<br />
And who but my lady greensleeves.<br />
Your vows you’ve broken, like my heart,<br />
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?<br />
Now I remain in a world apart<br />
But my heart remains in captivity.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
I have been ready at your hand,<br />
To grant whatever you would crave,<br />
I have both wagered life and land,<br />
Your love and good-will for to have.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
If you intend thus to disdain,<br />
It does the more enrapture me,<br />
And even so, I still remain<br />
A lover in captivity.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
My men were clothed all in green,<br />
And they did ever wait on thee;<br />
All this was gallant to be seen,<br />
And yet thou wouldst not love me.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,<br />
but still thou hadst it readily.<br />
Thy music still to play and sing;<br />
And yet thou wouldst not love me.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
Well, I will pray to God on high,<br />
that thou my constancy mayst see,<br />
And that yet once before I die,<br />
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,<br />
To God I pray to prosper thee,<br />
For I am still thy lover true,<br />
Come once again and love me.<br />
Greensleeves was all my joy…<br />
Greensleves II<br />
Melodi: Greensleeves<br />
Alas, my lady you’ve done me dirt<br />
You`ve sewn green sleeves to my purple shirt<br />
And then you’ve done me worse than that<br />
You’ve made me go out and wear it<br />
Oh, Oh, what a dismal fate<br />
To be seen at events in this terrible state<br />
Oh, how I wish I could come late<br />
Say, seven **** after it’s over<br />
*1st: days, 2nd: weeks, 3rd: months, 4th: years,<br />
5th: centuries<br />
Alas, my lady I’m born to lose<br />
You’ve sewn pink bows to my purple shoes<br />
You’ve done my hair up in waves and curls<br />
My mother thinks I’m a girl<br />
Alas, my lady why did you think<br />
My cloak would look nice in that shade of pink<br />
You’ve decked me over in bobbins and lace<br />
My costume’s become a disgrace<br />
Alas, my lady I’ve been bereaved<br />
Someone’s just slandered my beautiful sleeve<br />
He’s questioned my taste in every way<br />
My God, he said, I must be gay<br />
Alas, my lady you’ve done me wrong<br />
You’ve made my tunic much too long<br />
You’ve made it seven feet, ten inches, or more....<br />
It drags across the floor!<br />
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