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Greensleeves (Traditional English Ballad)

by Priscilla Hernandez

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My take on the famous English Traditional Ballad with voice, harp, hammered dulcimer and recorders

English Traditional Folk Ballad (though registered by Richard Jones as "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves in 1580) it was "alleguedly" older and composed by Henry VIII or his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn but this is not confirmed. Copies of the poem by Henry is in museum in London tower.

lyrics

Alas, my love, you do me wrong
To cast me off discourteously
For I have loved you well and 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

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

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
And who but my lady greensleeves

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

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released August 23, 2021
English traditional (Public Domain) Registered by Richard Jones (1580) supposedly written by Henry VIII
All arrangements and instruments in this version by Priscilla Hernandez (yidneth.com) voice, harp, hammered dulcimer, recorders.
Video on youtube.com/yidneth

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Priscilla Hernandez Navarre, Spain

Ethereal gothic singer-songwriter and fantasy illustrator from Spain.
DISCOGRAPHY: Ancient Shadows (2006)
The Underliving (2011)
Official site: yidneth.com
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