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    What is the legend of the song "Greensleeves"?

    Question #65547. Asked by stina_girl1. (May 10 06 1:41 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Greensleeves is a traditional English folk song (or tune), basically a ground of the form called a romanesca; the widely believed legend is that it was composed by English King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) for his lover and future Queen, Anne Boleyn. Anne, the youngest daughter of the earl of Wiltshire, rejected Henry's attempts to seduce her. This rejection is apparently referred to in the song, when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously". It is not known if the legend is true, but the song is still commonly associated with Anne Boleyn in the public's mind.

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    May 10 06, 1:47 PM
    SOTHC

    		So it wasn't about Richard II inventing the handkerchief because he got fed up with his courtiers having greensleeves

    May 10 06, 5:13 PM
    zbeckabee

    		ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    May 10 06, 6:16 PM
    minuscule_

    		Legend has it that the song was instrumental in the sale of ice cream.

    May 10 06, 6:47 PM

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