Greensleeves^pd

A beautiful old English folk song to help with your History lessons.

Traditional English

Sorry, you are not allowed to stream our music in your region

Song Lyrics View: Normal

Alas, my love, ye 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?

Thy gown was of the grossie green,
Thy sleeves of satin hanging by,
Which made thee be our harvest queen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight.
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my Lady Greensleeves?

Well I will pray to God on high
That thou my constancy may see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

Greensleeves was all my joy,
Greensleeves was my delight.
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my Lady Greensleeves?
Who but my Lady Greensleeves?

View all lyrics in whiteboard mode

Song Information

A beautiful old English folk song to help with your History lessons.

Year group 4, 5, 6

Vocal range a 10th

Accompaniment Accompanied

Musical feature dotted rhythms, minor key

Style Folk song

Subject History

Key stage KS2

Vocal format Two-part

Lyrics/Song Sheets

Get Scorch Plugin | Get Adobe Reader to view PDF files

Teaching Song Guides

720 people saved this

Comments about Greensleeves

Miss Wright Report this comment

Posted 26th Mar 2010 07:43

Well, there are lots of rumors that he actually didn't but we can still think that :)

How do we download these songs?

Miss Prince Report this comment

Posted 3rd Feb 2010 04:40

my children love singing 2 by 2

Miss Withey Report this comment

Posted 22nd Jan 2010 06:48

I love Greensleeves i cant believe henry viii i cant stop singing i

Miss Craven Report this comment

Posted 19th Jan 2010 07:48

my class was shocked to know that henry 8 wrote it.Now they can,t stop sing it ....

i love it very lound

Miss Kennewell Report this comment

Posted 8th Nov 2009 09:42

henry VIII written this for his wife so its great for the tudors and stuff

Add a comment

Get involved! You can add your own comments.

Audio and copyright information

Audio information
The audio tracks were recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by Fleet Primary School, mixed and mastered by Nic Rowley at Vandborg Studios. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Ben Tompsett.

Copyright information
All copyright music in the Sing Up programme is used by permission. The songwriters and/or copyright holders have been remunerated under due licensing arrangements. Find out more about copyright by visiting the UK Music and Sound Rights websites.