Greensleeves

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Original score in C.

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X: 1
T:Greensleeves
C:Traditional (Attrib. to Henry VIII)
S:MySheetMusic.com (What Child Is This)
Z:ABC by Thornton Rose, December 2001
N:Original score in C.
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
A | "Am"c2 d "D7"e>fe | "G"d2 B "Em"G>AB | "F"c2 A A>^GA | 
"E"B2 ^G E2 A | "Am"c2 d "D7"e>fe | "G"d2 B "Em"G>AB |
"F"c>BA "E7"^G>FG | "Am"A3 A3 || "C"g3 g>fe | "Bm"d2 B "Em"G>AB |
"Am"c2 A "F"A>^GA | "E"B2 ^G E3 | "C"g3 g>fe | "G"d2 B "Em"G>AB |
"F"c>BA "E7"^G>FG | "Am"A3 A2 |]
W:Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
W:To cast me off discourteously.
W:For I have loved you well and long,
W:Delighting in your company.
W:Greensleeves was all my joy
W:Greensleeves was my delight,
W:Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
W:And who but my lady greensleeves.
W:
W:Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
W:Oh, why did you so enrapture me
W:Now I remain in a world apart
W:But my heart remains in captivity. (Chorus)
W:
W:I have been ready at your hand,
W:To grant whatever you would crave,
W:I have both wagered life and land,
W:Your love and good-will for to have. (Chorus)
W:
W:If you intend thus to disdain,
W:It does the more enrapture me,
W:And even so, I still remain
W:A lover in captivity. (Chorus)
W:
W:My men were clothed all in green,
W:And they did ever wait on thee;
W:All this was gallant to be seen,
W:And yet thou wouldst not love me. (Chorus)
W:
W:Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
W:but still thou hadst it readily.
W:Thy music still to play and sing;
W:And yet thou wouldst not love me. (Chorus)
W:
W:Well, I will pray to God on high,
W:that thou my constancy mayst see,
W:And that yet once before I die,
W:Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me. (Chorus)
W:
W:Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
W:To God I pray to prosper thee,
W:For I am still thy lover true,
W:Come once again and love me. (Chorus)

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