{"id":9598,"date":"2022-04-29T17:09:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T17:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=9598"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:55:08","slug":"greensleeves-home-in-the-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/greensleeves-home-in-the-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Greensleeves \/ Home in the Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lyrics and musical piece entitled Greensleeves was originally composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

In 1962 the lyrics \u2018Home in the Meadow\u2019, written by Sammy Cahn were set to the Greensleeves tune and sung by Debbie Reynolds as the theme song to the movie, How The West Was Won.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

This Metrocolor epic-Western film narrated by Spencer Tracy was launched in 1963 and featured an all-star cast including; Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GREENSLEEVES LYRICS
\nAbbreviated:\u00a0\u00a0 Complete Lyrics Below
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Alas, my love, you do me wrong, t<\/strong><\/span>o cast me off discourteously.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n For I have loved you oh so long, d<\/strong><\/span>elighting in your company.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Chorus:<\/strong><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was all my joy,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Greensleeves was my delight,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was my heart of gold, a<\/strong><\/span>nd who but my lady Greensleeves.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The gown she wore like a maiden queen was velvet like the sky above.
\nHer sleeves were made of silk and green, and silk and green was my love.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nChorus:<\/strong><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was all my joy,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Greensleeves was my delight,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was my heart of gold, a<\/strong><\/span>nd who but my lady Greensleeves.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Your vows you\u2019ve broken, like my heart, o<\/strong><\/span>h, why did you so enrapture me?<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n Now I remain in a world apart, and<\/strong><\/span> my heart remains in captivity.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>(Chorus)
\n<\/strong><\/span>Greensleeves was all my joy,\u00a0 <\/strong>Greensleeves was my delight,<\/strong><\/span>
\n I thought yours was a heart of gold, but <\/strong>my lady, my Greensleeves, decieveth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This I will pray to God on high, t<\/strong><\/span>hat thou my constancy might see,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n And that yet once before I die, t<\/strong><\/span>hou will finally say that you love me.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>MOD CHORUS:
\nGreensleeves, farewell, adieu, t<\/strong><\/span>o God I pray to prosper thee,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n For I am still thy lover true, c<\/strong><\/span>ome once again and love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus (modified)
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Greensleeves was all my jot.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Greensleeves was all my thought,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was my heart of gold, I loved nobody but<\/strong><\/span> Greensleeves.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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HOME IN THE MEADOW LYRICS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Away, Away,\u00a0 <\/strong>Come away with me<\/strong><\/span>
\n Where the grass grows wild, where the winds blow free,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Away, Away, <\/strong><\/span>Come away with me<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n And I\u2019ll build you a home in the meadow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come, Come.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>There\u2019s a wondrous land<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n For the hopeful heart, for the willing hand,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Come, Come.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>There\u2019s a wondrous land<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n Where I\u2019ll build you a home in the meadow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The stars, the stars,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Oh how bright they\u2019ll shine<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n On a world that the Gods must have helped design,<\/strong><\/span>
\n The stars, the stars,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Oh how bright they\u2019ll shine<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n On our home that we’ll build in the meadow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come, Come.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>There\u2019s a wondrous land<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n For the hopeful heart, for the willing hand,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Come, Come<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 There\u2019s a wondrous land<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n And I\u2019ll build you a home in the meadow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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GREENSLEEVES LYRICS
\nAbbreviated:\u00a0\u00a0 Complete Lyrics Below
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Alas, my love, you do me wrong, t<\/strong>o cast me off discourteously.<\/strong><\/span>
\n For I have loved you well and long, d<\/strong>elighting in your company.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/strong><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was all my joy,\u00a0 <\/strong>Greensleeves was my delight,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was my heart of gold, a<\/strong>nd who but my lady greensleeves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alas, my love, that you should own a<\/strong> heart of wanton vanity,<\/strong><\/span>
\n So must I meditate alone u<\/strong>pon your insincerity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Your vows you\u2019ve broken, like my heart, o<\/strong>h, why did you so enrapture me?<\/strong><\/span>
\n Now I remain in a world apart, b<\/strong>ut my heart remains in captivity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you intend thus to disdain, i<\/strong>t does the more enrapture me,<\/strong><\/span>
\n And even so, I still remain a<\/strong> lover in captivity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I have been ready at your hand, t<\/strong>o grant whatever you would crave,<\/strong><\/span>
\n I have both wagered life and land, y<\/strong>our love and good-will for to have.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thou couldst desire no earthly thing, b<\/strong>ut still thou hadst it readily.<\/strong><\/span>
\n Thy music still to play and sing; a<\/strong>nd yet thou wouldst not love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I bought thee kerchiefs for thy head, t<\/strong>hat were wrought fine and gallantly;<\/strong><\/span>
\n I kept thee at both board and bed, w<\/strong>hich cost my purse well-favouredly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I bought thee petticoats of the best, t<\/strong>he cloth so fine as it might be;<\/strong><\/span>
\n I gave thee jewels for thy chest, a<\/strong>nd all this cost I spent on thee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thy smock of silk, both fair and white, w<\/strong>ith gold embroidered gorgeously;<\/strong><\/span>
\n Thy petticoat of sendal right, a<\/strong>nd these I bought thee gladly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My men were clothed all in green, a<\/strong>nd they did ever wait on thee;<\/strong><\/span>
\n All this was gallant to be seen, a<\/strong>nd yet thou wouldst not love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They set thee up, they took thee down, t<\/strong>hey served thee with humility;<\/strong><\/span>
\n Thy foot might not once touch the ground, t<\/strong>nd yet thou wouldst not love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Tis, I will pray to God on high, t<\/strong>hat thou my constancy mayst see,<\/strong><\/span>
\n And that yet once before I die, t<\/strong>hou wilt vouchsafe to love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu, t<\/strong>o God I pray to prosper thee,<\/strong><\/span>
\n For I am still thy lover true, c<\/strong>ome once again and love me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Greensleeves was all my jot.\u00a0 <\/strong>Greensleeves was my delight,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Greensleeves was my heart of gold, a<\/strong>nd who but my lady Greensleeves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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