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Greensleeves

registered at the Stationers' Company in September 1580 · 16th century

"Greensleeves" is a traditional English song. In September 1580 the printer Richard Jones registered a broadside ballad called "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves" at the Stationers' Company in London.

Songs in history

Greensleeves1580

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Greensleeves. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/greensleeves
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“Greensleeves.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/greensleeves. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Greensleeves.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/greensleeves.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Greensleeves’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/greensleeves (Accessed: ).

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