Green Grow the Laurels

Green grow the laurels, soft falls the dew

And sad I was darling when parting from you

Perhaps in the future, our love will renew

And we'll join the green laurel

And the violet so blue

I wrote my love a letter with red, rosy lines

He wrote me back another, all twisted and twined

Saying "keep your love letter, and I will keep mine

You'll write to your love and I'll write to mine"

I walk by his window both nighttime and day

And the look that he gave me

A thousand would slay

Oh, the look that he gave me

A thousand would kill

Though he hate and deceive me

I love that boy still

Oh, sometimes I wonder why women love men

And sometimes I wonder why men do love them

But from my own knowledge, I will have you know

That many are deceivers wherever they go