the death of Queen Jane

Queen Jane lay in labour full six days or more,
Till the women grew weary and the midwives gave o'er.
They sent for King Henry to come with great speed
To be with Queen Jane in her hour of need

King Henry came to her and sat by her bedside
Saying "What ails thee my Jeannie? What ails thee my bride?"
"O Henry O Henry do this one thing for me
Rip open my right side and find my baby"

"O Jeannie, O Jeannie that never will do
It would lease thy sweet life and thy young baby too"
She wept and she wailed and she fell into a swoon
They opened her right side and her baby was found

Well the baby was christened the very next day
While his poor dead mother a mouldering lay
Six men went before her and four more travelled on
While loyal King Henry stood mourning alone

He wept and he wailed until he was sore
Saying "The flower of all England will flourish no more"
He sat by the river with his head in his hands
Saying "My merry England's a sorrowful land

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[mygirlcrazy]

do not know if the ballad refers to Jane Seymour, there are different versions, some nine days hard labor or even a month, the fact is that it is a ballad, and people still tend to swell things.

apologize for mistakes but this is not my native language

[peacedesertrose]

@lizziemiss945 what are you talking about?! if anybody was the true queen it was Katherine of Aragon.. to the people at the time Anne Boleyn was just a 'mistress' that got lucky. They were all Queens, but only two were officially crowned. Plus the only joke as Queen to me was Catherine Howard.. far too young.

[lizziemiss945]

@peacedesertrose The others were jokes of Queens, in my opinion. The smartest and most royal were Anne B and Katherine, after Anne was executed it just went downhill with his choice of wives.But that's just my observation.

[peacedesertrose]

@lizziemiss945 They were all Queens.

[lizziemiss945]

To me, I don't consider Jane Seymour or the last three wives to be queens, Henry never crowned them. Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were righteous queens, each had their time to blossom, one was cut too soon.

[gerardbutlerlurver]

This is very well done!

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

It is a song written by people of england after her demise? six days of labour...i know a labour can last but that long...It seems quite...unreal. Anyway, good video.