Greensleeves
Posted: 2005-12-06 01:01am
So me and a friend had a bit of a discussion about this: Is the song "Greensleeves" a christmas/holiday song or not?
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Indeed:Dalton wrote:Greensleeves has lyrics?
Possibly Henry VIII wrote: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.
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
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
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
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
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
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.
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.
chorus
You didn't know that?Dalton wrote:Greensleeves has lyrics?
Have a very nice day.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.
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
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
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
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
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
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.
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.
chorus
Check out Loreena McKennitt and/ or Blackmore's Night, both do versions of Greensleeves with lyrics.Dalton wrote:I didn't. All I know of the song comes from playing it in Orchestra class.
Oh, definitely.... one bawdy song that came up on alt.music.filk ended with "...a man wearing nothing but Green Sleeves."LordShaithis wrote:The thing about this song is that if you hear it and you don't know the words, it's almost impossible to resist making some up. Usually quite filthy, just because.
Google has the words from William Chatterton Dix, written 1865, modified from the poem The Manger Throne. There is also a Dix carol called The Manger Throne (Alternate Title: Like Silver Lamps In A Distant Shrine)The Christian/Christmas Version wrote:What child is this whom laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping
Whom Angels greet with anthems sweet
And shepherds watch are keeping?
Chorus:
This, this is Christ, the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring him laud
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian fear for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Chorus
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh
Come peasant, king to own Him.
The King of kings salvation brings
Let loving hearts enthrone Him!
Chorus
http://www.go2lyrics.com/M/Malvina+Reynolds/184569.htmlIsolder74 wrote:There is also a version of the melody that is sung in the Movie "How the West Was Won"
It is used under the Title of "A home In the meadow
I tried to do a google search for the lyrics but came up short
Yes those are itLindar wrote:http://www.go2lyrics.com/M/Malvina+Reynolds/184569.htmlIsolder74 wrote:There is also a version of the melody that is sung in the Movie "How the West Was Won"
It is used under the Title of "A home In the meadow
I tried to do a google search for the lyrics but came up short
Would those be correct Isolder?