Greensleeves
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"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and melody, often associated with the Tudor period and widely used and adapted in classical, popular, and holiday music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greensleeves canonical | 16 |
| My Lady Greensleeves | 1 |
| traditional English tune "Greensleeves" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6609694 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greensleeves Context triple: [All You Need Is Love, usesMusicalQuotation, Greensleeves]
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A.
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Fantasia on Greensleeves is a short orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams that reimagines the traditional English folk tune "Greensleeves" in a lush, lyrical, and pastoral style.
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B.
Scarborough Fair/Canticle
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is a 1960s folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel that intertwines a traditional English ballad with an anti-war counter-melody.
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C.
Fisher’s Hornpipe
Fisher’s Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune and dance piece commonly performed in American folk and bluegrass music.
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D.
The Red Rose
The Red Rose is the athletic nickname representing Lancaster University's sports teams, drawing on the historic symbol of Lancashire.
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E.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is a Pre-Raphaelite-style oil painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts young women gathering flowers as an allegory of the fleeting nature of youth and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greensleeves Target entity description: "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and melody, often associated with the Tudor period and widely used and adapted in classical, popular, and holiday music.
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A.
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Fantasia on Greensleeves is a short orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams that reimagines the traditional English folk tune "Greensleeves" in a lush, lyrical, and pastoral style.
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B.
Scarborough Fair/Canticle
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is a 1960s folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel that intertwines a traditional English ballad with an anti-war counter-melody.
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C.
Fisher’s Hornpipe
Fisher’s Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune and dance piece commonly performed in American folk and bluegrass music.
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D.
The Red Rose
The Red Rose is the athletic nickname representing Lancaster University's sports teams, drawing on the historic symbol of Lancashire.
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E.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is a Pre-Raphaelite-style oil painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts young women gathering flowers as an allegory of the fleeting nature of youth and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
melody
ⓘ
traditional English folk song ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Tudor period ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstDocumented | 16th century ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
My Lady Greensleeves
ⓘ
linked to:
Greensleeves
|
| hasCatalogueStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | romantic nostalgia for Tudor England ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Western Christmas repertoire
ⓘ
arrangements for choir ⓘ arrangements for orchestra ⓘ arrangements for solo guitar ⓘ |
| hasKey | minor key (in most modern versions) ⓘ |
| hasLyrics | yes ⓘ |
| hasMelody | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableArrangementBy |
Gustav Holst
ⓘ
Patrick Hadley ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | Alas, my love, you do me wrong ⓘ |
| hasUnknownAuthor | true ⓘ |
| isAdaptedAs | What Child Is This? ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | many folk song collections ⓘ |
| isOftenTaughtIn | beginner music education ⓘ |
| isOftenUsedFor | demonstrating modal harmony ⓘ |
| isPartOf | English traditional music canon ⓘ |
| isRecordedBy |
numerous classical artists
ⓘ
numerous folk artists ⓘ numerous popular music artists ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn |
English literature
ⓘ
historical novels set in Tudor England ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalMode |
Aeolian mode (in some versions)
ⓘ
Dorian mode (in some versions) ⓘ |
| originalForm | song for voice and lute ⓘ |
| structure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| theme | unrequited love ⓘ |
| timeSignature | triple meter ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christmas music
ⓘ
classical music arrangements ⓘ film and television soundtracks ⓘ popular music adaptations ⓘ |
| usesMelodyOf | Greensleeves ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Greensleeves Description of subject: "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and melody, often associated with the Tudor period and widely used and adapted in classical, popular, and holiday music.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Greensleeves
linked to: Greensleeves
subject linked to:
Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love
subject linked to:
intermezzo from Sir John in Love
linked to: Greensleeves