Green grow the Laurel

I once had a sweet heart but now I have none

She's gone and left me now Im all alone

she's gone and left me contented must be

For she loves another far better than me

  CHORUS

Green grow the laurel and soft falls the dew

Sorry am I love I parted with you

Sorry am I love contented must be

For she loves another far better than me

I passed my loves window both early and late

Oh the looks that she gave me would make your heart break

The looks that she gave me would ten thousand kill

For she loves another but I love her still

  CHORUS

I wrote her a letter of grand rosie lines

And the answer she sent me was twisted and twined

Saying you write your love letters I will write mine

You write to your love and I'll write to mine

  CHORUS

I once was as bonny as the red blushing rose

But now I'm as pale as the lilly that grows

Like a tree in the winter It's beauty all gone

Can't you see what I've come to for the loving of one.

  CHORUS