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HENRY VIII's SONG
(as the Holly Groweth Green)


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VERSES:

As the Holly Groweth Green
And never changeth hue
So I am ever hath been
Unto my lady true.

As the holly groweth green,
With Ivy all alone
When flowers cannot be seen
And greenwood leaves be gone.

Now unto my lady
Promise to her I make
From all other only
To her I me betake