i'm henry the eighth, i am
'I'm Henry the eighth I am
Henry the eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
And every one was a Henry (Henry)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry
Henry the eighth I am'.
--Top 100 hit of 1965, Herman's Hermits
S belt out this tune when I made an annoucement that I must watch Henry VIII on ITV1 tonight. I even marked it on my schedule book in case I forget. See how pathetic students of Renaissance lit. are? You notice this as well at Good Queen Bess's exhibition, National Maritime Museum, when the majority of visitors around you are grandpas and grandmas. On adaptations, last month BBC made such a big deal out of the modern Canterbury Tales. Across from the British Library, a humongous board wrote 'Canterbury Tales: Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll'!!?? After watching the first episode, The Miller's Wife, I never watched it again.