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"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song. A broadside ballad by the name "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves" was registered by Richard Jones at the London Stationers' Company in September 1580, [1] [2] and the tune is found in several late 16th-century and early 17th-century sources, such as Ballet's MS Lute Book and Het Luitboek van Thysius, as well as various ...
The song was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and published by Gladys Music, Inc. [1] It is based on the traditional song "Greensleeves", which Presley requested to rework for him. The first version the songwriters made (in 1967) was titled "Evergreen", but Elvis never recorded it. [2] [3]
(1870), set to the tune of "Greensleeves "What Child Is This?" is a Christmas carol with lyrics written by William Chatterton Dix in 1865 and set to the tune of "Greensleeves", a traditional English folk song, in 1871. Although written in Great Britain, the carol today is more popular in the United States than its country of origin. [1]
However, some poem lines in the original poem were removed in McKennitt's version, such as in Part III of the poem, the part "The gemmy bridle glitter'd free...Moves over still Shalott." Contrary to the album notes, "Greensleeves" was not actually written by Henry VIII; though this is a long-held belief and legend. [5]
A Music War). It was a quadruple A-side, with "Horse", "The Butterfly Song" and "Sox". The initial copies of the single came with a cardboard boomerang, 'guaranteed not to come back'. The band then performed on Top of the Pops, but the single only reached No. 26 in September 1980. Their eponymous debut album (released in January 1981 when the ...
The B-side was the old traditional English song "Greensleeves". By September 1963, "Bombora" had climbed the Australian charts to reach No 1. [ 3 ] It was released in Japan, Italy, Netherlands, UK and New Zealand and in South America.
The film's music was composed and conducted by Alfred Newman. The soundtrack album was originally released by MGM Records. The soundtrack album was originally released by MGM Records. Dimitri Tiomkin , known for his Western film scores, was the first composer approached, but he became unavailable following eye surgery and Newman was hired as a ...
The vocals for the song were provided by the children's choir at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California. Guaraldi had previously performed with the ensemble at his May 1965 "jazz mass" performance at Grace Cathedral which was released album At Grace Cathedral. [3] The song has since become a perennial Christmas classic.