“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. . 🎶 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 manuscripts preserved in the Seeley Historical Library in the University of Cambridge. . Played on my GC22s by @yama

The Folk Song Greensleeves - Its Origins and History

Mountain Man Covers ‘Greensleeves’