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    From which song do these lines come from, "Thy ladies fair and thy servants ten, my gayest gelding to carry thee. Thou hadst my gentlest serving men decked all in green to wait on thee"?

    Question #85545. Asked by nibbles0011. (Sep 08 07 8:44 AM)


    McGruff

    The closest thing I can find is the traditional ballad 'Greensleeves', here are the similar verses:

    My gayest gelding thee I gave
    To ride wherever liked thee
    No lady ever was so brave
    And yet thou wouldst not love me!

    My men were clothed all in green
    And they did ever wait on thee
    All this was gallant to be seen
    And yet thou wouldst not love me!

    http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiGRNSLVS3;ttGRNSLVS.html

    Some additional information here:
    http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1027.html

    Sep 08 07, 9:44 AM


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