Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Alas, my love, that you should own
A heart of wanton vanity,
So must I meditate alone
Upon your insincerity.
(Chorus)
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.
(Chorus)
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
(Chorus)
I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.
(Chorus)
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.
(Chorus)
I bought thee kerchiefs for thy head,
That were wrought fine and gallantly;
I kept thee at both board and bed,
Which cost my purse well-favoredly.
(Chorus)
I bought thee petticoats of the best,
The cloth so fine as it might be;
I gave thee jewels for thy chest,
And all this cost I spent on thee.
(Chorus)
Thy smock of silk, both fair and white,
With gold embroidered gorgeously;
Thy petticoat of sendal right,
And these I bought thee gladly.
(Chorus)
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.
(Chorus)
They set thee up, they took thee down,
They served thee with humility;
Thy foot might not once touch the ground,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
(Chorus)
'Tis, I will pray to God on high,
That thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
(Chorus)
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.
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Assuming you mean letter notes for the keyboard they are:
C, E(low), F, G, A, G, F, D, B(low), C, D, E(low), C, C, B, C, D, B, G
C, E(low), F, G, A, G, F, D, B(low), C, D, E(low), D, C, B, A, B, C
Hope this helps!
Greensleeves is about the writer mourning that his love will not love him like he loves her
In 1865 the tune of Greensleeves was used for the lyrics of a popular Christmas Carol titled "What Child is This?"
It is a romanesca or passamezzo antico.
What Child is This
part-song
Greensleeves. The song was used as the (Lassie) theme , by the way.
It is an English folk song called Greensleeves.
It's certainly not explicitly one in the lyrics, being essentially a love ballad.
"Greensleeves" was a love song possibly written for Henry the VIII's future queen. The song predates "What child is this" which uses a similar tune.
What Child is This? or Greensleeves is an ancient Christmas Carol - Greensleeves is the secular title. It"s the same song as the Lassie theme, with the animal moving her paws.
Greensleeves. The song was used as the (Lassie) theme , by the way.
"'Greensleeves,' a very old English song."
It is an English folk song called Greensleeves.
"greensleeves"
Greensleeves
Greensleeves :)
What Child is This
It's a folk song, so it has a lot of names (most of them containing the words "Grene Sleves" or similar variant spellings). The melody for the song is also used for the Christmas song "What Child is This?" and a variant was used as the closing theme of the Lassie TV show.
The melody is also used for the Christmas carol "What Child Is This."
It is believed he wrote and sang Greensleeves. It is said he wrote the song when he was dating Anne Boleyn and sang this song for her.
It's "Greensleeves" Alas, my love, you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously. Greensleeves were all my joyGreensleeves were my delight.
It's certainly not explicitly one in the lyrics, being essentially a love ballad.