Greensleeves recorded by among others Andre Rieu; John Coltrane; Olivia Newton-John is a traditional English folk song; ballad and broadside ballad first printed in 1580. It was not (though commonly believed) composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. It is a ground based on an Italian Passamezzo Antico or Spanish Romanesca that did not reach England until after The kings death. Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a Fantasia on Greensleeves based on the Greensleeves melody in 1934. The tune like Scott Joplins The Entertainer is popular as a standard chime for ice cream vans and in popular culture its been featured in films and on TV like for instance Zero Dark Thirty; The Big Bang Theory; Friends and The SimpsonsDuet Sheet Music for Tenor Saxophone accompanied by Trombone arranged by Lars Christian Lundholm.Greensleeves is also known by alternative title: What Child Is This; Al Labous Mary; Green Sleeves; Greensleeves And Pudding Pies; Ye Ladi....
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