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Greensleeves
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Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously;
And I have loved you so long,
Rejoicing in your company.
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady Greensleeves?
I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you did crave;
And I have waged both life and land,
Your love and good-will for to gain.
To cast me off discourteously;
And I have loved you so long,
Rejoicing in your company.
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady Greensleeves?
I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you did crave;
And I have waged both life and land,
Your love and good-will for to gain.
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