GREENSLEEVES - HARMONICA

Chris plays this song on his Suzuki chromatic harmonica SIRIUS S-56 / 14 holes - 56 notes, in the key of C, and plays the song according to the original notes.

The traditional English song "Greensleeves" was completely composed by Henry VIII, the much married King of England. There is some speculation as to whether the words were inspired by Katherine of Aragon or Ann Boleyn, but although the first mention of the song in recorded history dates only from 1580, some 33 years after Henry's death, there is now no real doubt over its place of origin.
As with many folk songs, the melody is far superior to the words. It is known variously as "My Ladye Greensleeves" or "Ladye Greensleeves" but usually as just "Greensleeves."
The song has been recorded numerous times over the years including by Jazz artists, but perhaps most memorably (with the lyrics suitably amended) in an advertisement for Dreamland Electric Blankets.

We feel honoured to dedicate this song to our YouTube friends :
Mrclaude62150 (Jean et Francine) - 28iAD77 (Iskandar) -- Roman45873 (Roman) -- MrCornishone (Tony) -- MrFender1421 (Ger)

The video is edited by my beloved wife "Mayka".
We hope you will enjoy the video and our music.

Lyrics

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
And I have loved you so long,
Delighting in your company.

Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.

chorus

Well, I will pray to God on high,
that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

chorus

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Harmonica
• Greensleeves
• chrismayka
• chromatic
• mouthorgan
• Mundharmonika
• chris
• mayka
• Henry
• VIII
• English
• Folksong
• Suzuki
• Sirius
• S-56

[TimelessSpace]

Oh, wat prachtig Chris en Mayka, deze prachtige melodie komt zo goed tot zijn recht, geweldig!

Heerlijk om naar te luisteren!

Roeleke

[chrismayka]

Beste Roeleke,

Dank voor het luisteren naar onze song GREENSLEEVES, we zijn blij dat je er zo van hebt genoten, deze song is altijd 1 van mijn favorieten geweest !

Dit mooie commentaar motiveert ons om weer verder te gaan met onze volgende song LET IT BE van The Beatles, ben er druk voor aan het oefenen.

Heel fijne dag verder, we zijn blij dat je zover bent hersteld dat je weer mooie songs kunt uploaden en je voelt je natuurlijk veel fijner he !

Hartelijke groeten en liefs van Chris.

[VXY717]

wow! Beautiful!

[chrismayka]

Hello Theodora,

Thank you so much for listening to our song “GREENSLEEVES", and for visiting our channel chrismayka!

Thank you for your very kind comment, compliments and rating to. We are very glad you enjoyed our video and harmonicamusic so much, that's just what we wanted for all our YouTube friends.

Our next song : LET IT BE from The Beatles.

Our best wishes to you,

Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka – The Netherlands – Western Europe.

[Familienkinoco]

Great song ! greetings ... michael

[chrismayka]

Hello Michael,

Thank you so much for listening to our song “GREENSLEEVES", and for visiting our channel chrismayka!

Thank you for your very kind comment, compliments and rating to. We are very glad you enjoyed our video and harmonicamusic so much, that's just what we wanted for all our YouTube friends.

Our next song : LET IT BE from The Beatles.

Our best wishes to you,

Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka – The Netherlands – Western Europe.

[MattRoyLive]

That is VERY cooool Chris.... ! Great playin and nice meeting U2 !~~have a GREAT week !

[floydsuke]

Hey Chris that was Beautiful , and Thanks for sharing the history of the song. Please let Mayka I said hello., May God Bless both of you. I really look forward to your next upload. - Floyd A.

[chrismayka]

Dear Mary-Anne,

Thank you so much for listening to our song “GREENSLEEVES", and for visiting our channel chrismayka!

Thank you for your very kind comment, compliments and rating to. We are very glad you enjoyed our video and harmonicamusic so much, that's just what we wanted for all our YouTube friends.

Our next song : LET IT BE from The Beatles.

Our best wishes to you - have a very nice weekend.

Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka – The Netherlands.

[MsLadygardener]

Totally beautiful playing Chris and love the creative video from Mayka, always hugs from Mary-Anne with my new channel,

[chrismayka]

Hello Framat,

Thank you so much for listening to our song “GREENSLEEVES", and for visiting our channel chrismayka!

Thank you for your very kind comment, compliments and rating to. We are very glad you enjoyed our video and harmonicamusic so much, that's just what we wanted for all our YouTube friends.

Our next song : LET IT BE from The Beatles.

Our best wishes to you,

Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka – The Netherlands – Western Europe.

[2011framat]

Dear Chris & Mayka,

Great sound & video.

Thank you for watching the Elvis anniversary live show and commenting it.

My best wishes to you and all your friends & family

Bye

Framat