Diamonds in the Lines : Leonard Cohen in his own live words

Leaving Green Sleeves (1979-)

Brighton 1979

Someone in the audience asks him to sing "Leaving Green Sleeves"

"Greensleeves" ? Oh I haven't sung that for about 300 years. I used to sing that when I was a troubadour in the south of France. My name was Artaud. I used to walk on those dusty roads singing Greensleeves. I haven't sung that for a long time. Please also don't ask me for "Don't pass me by" because I only ever did that once.

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