The tune was probably played first on the lute. No one knows the composer or the actual date of composition. The earliest documented source is "William Ballet's Lute Book" from about 1580; the manuscript is at Trinity College in Dublin. The words were added to the tune later.
The tune Greensleeves can be played by a myriad of instruments. It can be played by a group or on a solo instrument. It can even be sung.
stay away (from 1967!) = greensleeves!
Greensleeves. The song was used as the (Lassie) theme , by the way.
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It's certainly not explicitly one in the lyrics, being essentially a love ballad.
The tune Greensleeves can be played by a myriad of instruments. It can be played by a group or on a solo instrument. It can even be sung.
Greensleeves Records was created in 1975.
it is rumoured that Henry viii composed Greensleeves.
stay away (from 1967!) = greensleeves!
The original instruments used in blues were the guitar and the harmonica
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The music to Greensleeves does not have a copyright, it has long since expired, and it was written before copyrights were even conceived. However, recordings of Greensleeves do have copyrights, so it is illegal to use those without permission.
"'Greensleeves,' a very old English song."
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