Departure Is My Chef Payne

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  • "Departure Is My Chef Payne" is a short song in 4/4 time written by Henry VIII, King of England. The lyrics consist of a single couplet:

    Departure is my chef payne
    I trust ryght wel of retorne agayne


    It appears in Music At The Court of Henry VIII, Transcribed And Edited By John Stevens, Second, revised edition 1969, Reprinted 1973 & 1978. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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