Pieces / Traditional
English ballad · « Alas, my love, you do me wrong »
Greensleeves
Traditional English song, 16th century · 37 keys · EasyAbout the piece
A « new Northern ditty » called « the Lady Greensleeves » was registered in London in 1580, and Shakespeare mentions the tune twice in The Merry Wives of Windsor. The story that Henry VIII wrote it for Anne Boleyn is only a legend.
You play the verse, one hand, moved a tone lower, to G minor, to fit the 17 keys.
- Key
- A minor
- Played in
- G minor, a tone lower
- Time
- 3/4
- Keys
- 37
- Licence
- Public domain
Greensleeves letters
The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.
G - U - K - L - P L - K - H - F - G H - U - G - G - T G - H - T - S - G - U - K - L - P L - K - H - F - G H - U - H G - T - D T - G -