Вступление
1. Alas my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously,
For I have loved you so 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.
2. If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
А lover in captivity.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my Lady Greensleeves.
3. Alas, my love, that you should own
А heart of wanton vanity,
So must I meditate alone
Upon your insincerity.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my Lady Greensleeves.
4. Ah, Greensleeves, no farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my Lady Greensleeves.