All In A Garden Green - Leafy Greens & Mutton

Local medieval singing group, Leafy Greens and Mutton, performing the song "All In A Garden Green" (John Playford) at the Bangor Public Library on August 29, 2007.

Check out their website at http://www.geocities.com/aneleda

Leafy Greens and Mutton are also members of the SCA's (Society for Creative Anachronism) Shire of Endewearde (central and northern Maine).

Check out photos from the event at: http://photobucket.com/albums/ee79/catgirlpink/0000_SCAevents/2007-08-29_LGM

The Society for Creative Anachronism:
http://www.sca.org
The SCA's East Kingdom:
http://www.eastkingdom.org

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All In A Garden Green

All in a garden green, two lovers sat at ease,
As they could scarce be seen among the leafy trees.
They loved lofty full, and no wronger than truly,
In the time of the year
In the time of the year comes twixt May and July.

Quoth he, "Most lovely maid, my troth shall ay endure,
And be not thou afraid, but rest thee still secure.
That I will love thee long as life in me shall last:
Now I am strong and young
Now I am strong and young and when my youth is past.

"When I am gray and old, and then must stoop to age,
I'll love thee twenty-fold, my troth I here engage.
She listen'd to his song, and heard it with a smile,
And innocent as young
And innocent as young, she dreamed not of guile.

No guile was meant by Will, for he was true as steel,
As was there naught deceit when she made him a will.
Full soon both two were wed, and these most faithful lovers
Base are but born and bred
Base are but born and bred, example to all others.

All in a garden green, two lovers sat at ease,
As they could scarce be seen among the leafy trees.

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