[ti:Green Grows the Laurel] [ar:Cara Dillon] [al:Cara Dillon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Green Grows The Laurel - Cara Dillon [00:01.00]Written by:Seward Andy/Mccusker John/Drever Kris John Robert [00:02.01]Green grows the laurel soft falls the dew [00:06.94] [00:09.47]Sorry was I love parted from you [00:16.57] [00:17.99]But at our next meeting I hope you'll prove true [00:24.12]And we'll join the green laurel and the violet so blue [00:29.82] [00:32.66]I once had a sweetheart but now I have none [00:39.27] [00:41.11]He's gone and he's left me to weep and to mourn [00:48.26] [00:49.51]He's gone and he's left me for others to see [00:55.83]I'll soon find another far better than he [01:02.53] [01:12.35]He passes my window both early and late [01:19.70] [01:21.32]And the looks that he gives me would make my heart break [01:28.64] [01:29.90]The looks that he gives me a thousand would kill [01:36.01]Though hates and detests me I love that lad still [01:44.44]I wrote him a letter in red rosy lines [01:51.99] [01:52.73]He wrote back an answer all twisted and twined [02:00.35] [02:01.10]Saying keep your love letters and I'll keep mine [02:08.04]You write to your love and I'll write to mine [02:15.78] [02:50.19]Now often I wonder why maidens love men [02:56.79] [02:58.53]And often I wonder why young men love them [03:05.95] [03:06.98]But from my own knowledge I will have you know [03:13.54]The men are deceivers wherever they go [03:20.02] [03:22.37]Green grows the laurel soft falls the dew [03:28.68] [03:30.56]Sorry was I love when parting from you [03:37.58] [03:38.78]But at our next meeting I hope you'll prove true [03:45.26]And we'll join the green laurel and the violet so blue