Greensleeves

Jig · 6/8 · E minor

Greensleeves is a traditional English melody whose exact origins and composer remain uncertain, though it is famously associated with a popular 16th-century broadside ballad tradition. The tune features a distinctive 6/8 meter in E minor that gives it the lively yet plaintive quality of a traditional jig. While Elizabethan-era literature frequently references the melody, specific historical connections to figures like King Henry VIII are unfounded despite enduring popular legend.

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