Anonymous wrote:Greensleeves.
It's been around since apx. 1580. Unrequited love is as old as time.
"Alas, my love, you do me wrong
To cast me off discourteously
And I have loved you well so long
Delighting in your company
...
And I will pray to God on high
That thou my constancy may see
And that yet once before I die
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me"
First heard this song when I was about 4 years old and it's become my lifelong favorite.
Most of the time people are familiar with its Christmas version of the tune as "What Child Is This." But the original lyrics are above.
Myth is that King Henry VIII wrote it for Anne Boleyn, but that's been debunked by historians.
^ Out of thousands of versions, I like Jeff Beck's acoustic one the best.