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\paperw5085 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 The anonymous song æGreensleevesÆ is one of the most famous of all Elizabethan songs. Its central verses contain a f
ine picture of Elizabethan finery:\par
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\i I bought the peticotes of the best,\par
The cloth so fine as fine might be:\par
I gave the jewels for thy chest,\par
And all this cost I spent on thee.\par
\par
\i0 Greensleeves was all my joy,\par
G
reensleeves was my delight:\par
Greensleeves was my hart of gold,\par
And who but Ladie Greensleeves.\par
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\i Thy smock of silk, both faire and white,\par
With gold embrodered gorgeously:\par
Thy peticote of Sendall right:\par
And thus I bough
t thee gladly.\par
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\i0 Greensleeves was all my joy,\par
Greensleeves was my delight:\par
Greensleeves was my hart of gold,\par
And who but Ladie Greensleeves.