The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3324 Message #16370
Posted By: Bruce O.
19-Nov-97 - 12:03 AM
Thread Name: Greensleeves History of
Subject: RE: Greensleeves History of
The tune was continuously popular. The song was rediscovered about 1800. See C. M. Simpson's 'The British Broadside Ballad and Its Music' for the many songs and ballads of the 17th century that used the tune.