Songs by Author

“Verily, tis a passing melodious roundelay, but I doubt me an it be commercial. Who wrote this Greenfleeves, anyway?” And a voice from the back of the auditorium shouted out “We did”. So they looked out and could just make out a shadowy figure standing at the back, and they said “Well who are you?” and the figure answered — I think this is the interesting part — the figure answered “We are Henry VIII, we are”. Well then of course they realised that Greensleeves was exactly what they wanted.

— Flanders and Swann, Greensleeves