[00:02.08]Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew,
[00:06.68]Sorry was I love when parting from you,
[00:16.64]But at our next meeting I hope you''ll prove true,
[00:24.46]And we''ll join the laurel and the violet so blue.
[00:30.34]
[00:32.28]I once had a sweetheart but now I have none,
[00:38.97]He''s gone and he''s left me to weep and to mourn,
[00:48.26]He''s gone and he''s left me for other to see,
[00:55.91]I''ll soon find another far better than he.
[01:02.84]
[01:12.34]He passes my window both early and late,
[01:20.72]And the looks that he gives me would make my heart break,
[01:29.52]The looks that he gives me a thousand would kill,
[01:36.13]Though he hates and detests me I love that lad still.
[01:44.23]
[01:44.78]I wrote him a letter in red rosy lines,
[01:51.56]He wrote back an answer all twisted and twined,
[02:01.20]Saying keep your love letters and I''ll keep mine,
[02:07.97]You write to your love and I''ll write to mine.
[02:14.29]
[02:20.82]Now often I wonder why maidens love men,
[02:58.03]And often I wonder why young men love then,
[03:06.82]But from my own knoeledge I will have you know,
[03:13.68]The men are deceivers wherever they go.
[03:20.21]
[03:22.64]Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew,
[03:30.69]Sorry was I love when parting from you,
[03:38.49]But at our next meeting I hope you''ll prove true,
[03:45.70]And we''ll join the green laurel and the violet so blue