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Hello, we are GR6B and we are going to sing a ballad composed by Henry VIII. We hope you like it.

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The King of England, Henry VIII, had six wives.

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His first wife was Catherine of Aragon, the Catholic monarch's youngest daughter.

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Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533.

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Henry's second wife was Anne Boleyn.

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Henry VIII was also an accomplished musician and composer.

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There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Harry the Eighth,

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Farkin's lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn.

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However, it has never been proved.

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Now everybody knows that Greensleeves is a traditional English folk song.

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In Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, the character Mistress First refers twice to the tune of green sleeves.

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These allusions indicate that this song was already very well known at William Shakespeare's time.

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Sixteen things and greenest leaves. One, two, one, two, three, four.

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Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off this court to sleep, for I have loved you, delighted in your company.

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Rinsing was all my joy, rinsing was my delight, rinsing was all my joy, rinsing was all my delight.

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Your boughs are broken like my heart, oh why did you surround her near?

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Now while we wait in a world of fire,

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The nightingale leads our company.

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Prince, please, love us all, my joy.

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Prince, please, for my delight.

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Prince, please, for my spark of gold,

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And who of my lady wings sleeps.

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I'll be his feet, and I'll go where I do, to God I pray, to prosper thee.

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Now I am still a lower child, come once again and love me.

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Prince, this was all my joy, Prince, this was my delight.

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Green sleeves on my heart, my baby green sleeves.

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Merry Christmas!