I once had a sweetheart but now I have none
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow to weep and mourn
He's gone and he's left me for others to see
I know that he'll soon find another far better than me
I wrote him a letter both loving and kind
He wrote me an answer with sharp twisted lines
Saying, "Keep your love letters and I will keep mine
You write to your love and I'll write to mine"
Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
Hard was my heart when I parted from you
In our next meeting, I hope you'll prove true
And we'll join the green laurel for the violet so blue
He pa**es my window both early and late
The looks that he gives me would make my heart break
The looks that he gives me a thousand would k**
Whenever he wanders, he'll be my love still
Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
Hard was my heart when I parted from you
In our next meeting, I hope you'll prove true
And we'll join the green laurel for the violet so blue
Green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
Hard was my heart when I parted from you
In our next meeting, I hope you'll prove true
And we'll join the green laurel for the violet so blue
For the violet so blue, for the violet so blue