"I'm 'Enery the 8th I am"

I'm 'Enery the 8th I am,
'Every the 8th I am I am,
I got married to the widow next door,
she'd been married 7 times before,
and every one was an 'Enery,
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam,
I'm the 8th old man called 'Enery,
'Enery the 8th I am!

Every time I see this portrait I can't stop singing it!! LOL!! This portrait of Henry the 8th is hanging in Chatsworth House and I always thought it was by Holbein. The experts have now decided it is not a Holbein but from the Holbein school. He may have painted a little bit but not the whole. It seems the equipment they now use to test old paintings is so sophisticated they can identify the artist from the brush strokes etc.

Many thanks for your comments re my ghostly dinner party.

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Sue Hecker

I sang it right along with you! Haven't heard it forever, but it was all stored in my brain.

October 11th, 2017

Dixie Goode ace

Ghost! I loved that movie at the time. Wonder if it held up to time.

October 11th, 2017

Emilie Cartoun

It's extraordinary that the artist can be identified by the brushstrokes 450 years later!

October 11th, 2017

julia ace

Well now the song is stuck in my head...

October 11th, 2017

sally agnew

Herman's Hermits have a lot to answer for with this catchy song :)

October 11th, 2017

Pam Knowler ace

@hermann I thought it was Joe Brown and the Bruvvers who sang it.

October 11th, 2017

Lois ace

Great capture of this painting

October 11th, 2017

Rosie Kerr ace

A famous face and nice ditty to accompany. It looks like a Holbein to me, but the experts know. I always thought that 'Enry had a cruel face, but maybe his marital history is biasing me.

October 12th, 2017