Sixteenth Century Greensleeves

Album: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: RITCHIE BLACKMORE, RONNIE DIO
    Publisher: Round Hill, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Ricky from Killie, United KingdomWhile being interviewed for Deep Purple's Now What!? album, Roger Glover mentioned that back in 1972 during rehearsals for Who Do We Think We Are? Ritchie had a riff he was playing around with. The rest of the band liked it but he said he was going to keep it for a solo album - turns out it was an embryonic version of 16th Century Greensleeves!
  • Joe from Grants Pass, OrOne of more "interesting" songs on the album; of course I played along with every album I bought !!
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