GREENSLEEVES new lyrics
by Joel Sattler
[based on the life of Anne Boleyn]

High in the sky the white falcon flies
far above old England where she was birthed
she's spread her wings for 500 years
but has never returned to the earth

There was a lass in a verdant dress
and a smile with meaning no one could guess
and princes came from a 1000 miles
just to tell of the love they confessed

Greensleeves they all called her name
she was never one for their foolish games
Greensleeves she was pure of soul
like a flower that never grows old

The noble ladies of Henry's Court
were filled with envy and jealousy
to see a youngster enthrall the lords
with her careless and innocent beauty

Her gown the color of leaves of oak
and the cloth the purest of velvet green
her eyes a mystery all their own
her equal no one'd ever seen

Greensleeves they all called her name
she was never one for their foolish games
Greensleeves she was pure of soul
like a flower that never grows old

one day King Henry took note of her
and said who’s that girl in the green green dress
said they that’s Anne of the Boleyn clan
a beauty no man has possessed

But Henry’s heart got the best of him
and he could not get her out of his mind
the counselors tried to make him relent
but in matters of love he was blind

Greensleeves he dreamed through night
and all through the day and all through his life
he knew she should be his own
and so he asked her to be wife

she bore a daughter Elizabeth
who was destined to be England's greatest queen
but had no son to become his heir
and the consequences unforeseen

Anne was condemned and she lost her head
so that Henry could his Jane safely wed
and Anne became just a memory
and a legend that was never dead

Greensleeves they all called her name
she was never one for their foolish games
Greensleeves she was pure of soul
like a flower that never grows old

they claimed her ghost haunted London Tower
or Hever Castle or Marwell Hall
but true her spirit has wondrous power
and still she will watch over all

High in the sky the white falcon flies
far above old England where she was birthed
she's spread her wings for 500 years
but has never returned to the earth