Green Grows The Laurel

Am                      F        
Green grows the laurel, soft 
      G
falls the dew
C         G           F          
Sorry was I love when parting 
  Am  G
from you___
    C           G          Dm
But at our next meeting, I hope 
                F   Am
you'll prove true___
We will join the green laurel and 
    F         G
the violet so blue


[VERSE 2:]
  Am                         F    
I once had a sweetheart, but now I
      G
 have none
     C             G           F 
He's gone and he's left me, to 
          Am  G
weep and to mourn__
     C             G           Dm
He's gone and he's left me for 
       F   Am
other to see___
                           F     
I'll soon find another far better 
      G     Am     F  G
than he


[VERSE 3:]
   Am                    F        
He passes my window both early and 
G
late
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        C             G       
And the looks that he gives me, 
        F             Am  G
would make my heart break__
    C             G        
The looks that he gave me, a 
  Dm             F   Am
thousand would kill___
Though he hates and detests me, I 
F            G
love that lad still


[VERSE 4:]
  Am                    F        
I wrote him a letter in red rosy 
G
lines
   C             G          F    
He wrote back an answer all 
       Am  G
twisted and twined
         C              G         
Saying, "Keep your love letters 
  Dm        F   Am
and I'll keep mine___
                           F   
You write to your love and I'll 
          G     Am     F  G
write to mine"


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[VERSE 5:]
    Am                  F         
Now often I wonder, why maidens 
  G
love men
    C          G             F   
And often I've wondered, why 
          Am  G
young men love them__
    C           G            Dm  
But from my own knowledge, I will
          F   Am
 have you know___
                           F       
That men are deceivers wherever 
  G
they go


[VERSE 6:]
Am                      F        
Green grows the laurel, soft 
      G
falls the dew
C         G           F          
Sorry was I love when parting 
  Am  G
from you___
    C           G          Dm
But at our next meeting, I hope 
                F   Am
you'll prove true___
We will join the green laurel and 
    F         G
the violet so blue