Greensleeves (to a Ground)

from Enamel by Erica Bramham

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lyrics

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 Greensleeves.

I have been ready at your hand
to grant whatever you would crave
and I have waged both life and land
your love and good will for to have.

I bought thee petticoats of the best
the cloth so fine as might be
I gave the jewels for thy chest
which cost my purse well favouredly.

Thy girdle of gold so red
with pears bedecked sumptuously
the like no other lasses had
and yet thou wouldst not love me.

Thy crimson stockings all of silk
with gold all wrought above the knee
thy pumps as white as was the milk
and yet thou wouldst not love me.

Thy gown was of the grossie green
with sleeves of sateen hanging by
which made thee be our harvest queen
and yet thou wouldst not love me.

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.

They set thee up, they took thee down
they served thee with humility
thy foot might not once touch the ground
and yet thou wouldst not love me.

You could desire no earthly thing
but still you had it readily
your music still to play and sing
and yet you would not love me.

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from Enamel, released April 30, 2021
Traditional, arrangement Erica Bramham

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Erica Bramham Melbourne, Australia

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