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A longer version of Greensleeves with a running time of two minutes and five seconds. "Greensleeves" of course needs little introduction and is well known as a traditional English folk song from the Renaissance period although some people think of it as a Medieval piece. Performed on a classical guitar this romantic song would originally have been played on a Lute or a Vilhuela. This version is set to a slowish tempo.
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It is believed to have been written at sometime in the 1580s or at least first published at that time by the London Stationer's Company and was titled "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It was also known by different names such as "A New Courtly Sonnet of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves.": See Extract below.
Perhaps one of the most interesting unproven facts about Greensleeves is that King Henry VIII (1491-1547) composed it as a dedication to one of his wives to be, Anne Boleyn. Disappointingly it would seem that old Henry did not coin the tune as its particular style was not known of in England until long after the King had passed away.
The song itself, see extract below, is ultimately about the Lady of the song rejecting her lover's advances and goes someway to dispel the belief that the Lady was somehow promiscuous due to her wearing green, which was seen as having sexual connotations in the Medieval period.
Extract of "Greensleeves" lyrics:
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
This track is also available on Celtic, Medieval and Dark CD - Volume One.
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