& lt& lt Green Sleeves & gt；; It is an English folk song, which has been widely circulated since the time of Queen Elizabeth. Legend has it that it was written by King Henry VIII (he plays the flute). According to the research data of William Chapel, a British scholar in19th century, it is pointed out that the melody of Green Sleeves was first recorded in William Ballet, a famous English lute collection at the end of16th. However, this song really spread widely when John Gay, a British composer, incorporated it into the Beggar opera (1728), which was created against Italian opera.