| Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteously and I have loved you so 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 Greensleves I have been ready at your hand to grant whatever you would crave I have both waged life and land your love and good will for to have I bought thee kerchers to thy head that were wrought fine and gallantly I kept thee both at board and bed which cost my purse well favour'dly I bought thee petticoats of the best the cloth so fine as might be I gave thee jewels for thy chest and all this cost I spent on thee Thy smock of silk, both fair and white with gold embroidered gorgeously thy petticoat of sendal right thin silk and these I bought thee gladly Thy set thee up, thy took thee down thy served thee with humility thy foot might not once touch the ground and yet thou wouldst not love me Well 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 Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu ! God I pray to prosper thee for I am still thy lover true come once again and love me |
