greensleeves

     

"Greensleeves" is a traitional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.

Trivia about greensleeves

  • It's the royal composition heard here, my lord
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) The Christmas tune I'm about to sing is based on this song that may have been written by Henry VIII:"What child is this, who laid to rest on Mary's lap is sleeping?"
  • Shakespeare mentioned this folk tune attributed to Henry VIII in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  • Christmas comes early when this tune comes whistling in
  • This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"

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