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 wrote:

> Greensleves is attributed to Henry the Eighth of England.  I suspect
> that it was later converted as it was a very popular tune.

According a book I was just flipping through, you can't trust song
attributions when they are attributed to kings.  It was apparently very
much the accepted practice for kings to take credit for the work of
lesser known, but more musically talanted, mortals.

Michelle
 -Lady Lavender

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