Greensleeves

Esta canción, versionada por Loreenna McKennitt, se dice que fue compuesta por el rey Enrique VIII para su futura consorte (a la que después decapitaría, no olvidemos), Ana Bolena. Sin embargo, parece ser que fue más leyenda que otra cosa, y en todo caso, esta letra forma parte del folklore popular inglés. Pero es muy hermosa:

GREENSLEEVES

Alas my love you do me wrong

To cast me off discourteously;

And I have loved you oh so long

Delighting in your company.

Greensleeves was my delight,

Greensleeves my heart of gold

Greensleeves was my heart of joy

And who but my Lady Greensleeves.

I have been ready at your hand

To grant whatever thou would'st crave;

I have waged both life and land

Your love and goodwill for to have.

Greensleeves was my delight,

Greensleeves was my heart of gold

Greensleeves was my heart of joy

And who but my Lady Greensleeves.

Thy petticoat of sendle white

With gold embroidered gorgeously;

Thy petticoat of silk and white

And these I bought thee gladly.

Greensleeves was my delight,

Greensleeves my heart of gold

Greensleeves was my heart of joy

And who but my Lady Greensleeves.

La canción

En la imagen, el cuadro del prerrafaelita Dante Rossetti, titulado "My lady Greensleeves".

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