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


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


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


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


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Am    G    Am    G    Am    G    Am    G


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


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