Lyrics to
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves

This version of Sixteenth Century Greensleeves was released by Rainbow in 1975.

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It’s only been an hour
Since he locked her in the tower
The time has come
He must be undone
By the morning

Many times before
The tyrant’s opened up the door
Then someone cries
Still we close our eyes
Not again

Meet me when the sun is in the western skies
The fighting must begin before another someone dies
Cross bows in the fire light
Green sleeves waving
Madmen raving
Through the shattered night
Yeah yeah yeah

Flames are getting higher
Make it leap unto the spire
Draw bridge down
Cut it to the ground
We shall dance around the fire

No more night
We have seen the light
Let it shine on bright
Hang him higher, higher

Draw bridge down
Cut it to the ground
We shall dance all around the fire, around the fire

No more night
we’ve seen the light
let it shine on bright

Hang him higher, higher
Put the man on the fire

Draw bridge down
Cut it to the ground
We gotta dance around the fire, the fire, the fire

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About Lyrics and Sixteenth Century Greensleeves by Rainbow

The lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rainbow used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rainbow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves by Rainbow. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" means the words set to the music of Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves and the lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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