Cara Dillon - Green Grows The Laurel Lyrics
Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dewSorry was I love when parting from youBut at our next meeting I hope you'll prove trueAnd we'll join the green laurel and the violet so blueI once had a sweetheart but now I have noneHe's gone and he's left me to weep and to mournHe's gone and he's left me for others to seeI'll soon find another far better than heHe passes my window both early and lateAnd the looks that he gives me would make my heart breakThe looks that he gives me a thousand would killThough he hates and detests me I love that lad stillI wrote him a letter in red rosey linesHe wrote back an answer all twisted and twinedSaying keep your love letters and I'll keep mineYou write to your lover and I'll write to mineNow often I wonder why maidens love menAnd often I wonder why young men love themBut from my own knowledge I will have you knowThe men are deceivers wherever they goGreen grows the laurel, soft falls the dewSorry was I love when parting from youBut at our next meeting I hope you'll prove trueAnd we'll join the green laurel and the violet so blue
