SUMMARY:

King Henry VIII sings about his six wives and what happened when he didn't get a male heir.

Lyrics by Terry Deary

LYRICS:

Divorced, beheaded and died
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
I’m Henry VIII I had six sorry wives
Some might say I ruined their lives.

Catherine of Aragon was one
She failed to give me a son.
I had to ask her for a divorce
That broke her poor heart, of course.

Young Anne Boleyn she was two
Had a daughter, the best she could do.
I said she flirted with some other man
And off for the chop went dear Anne.

Lovely Jane Seymour was three
The love of a lifetime for me
She gave me a son, little Prince Ed
Then poor old Jane, went and dropped dead.

Divorced, beheaded and died
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
I’m Henry VIII, I had six sorry wives
Some might say I ruined their lives.

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Anne of Cleves came as four
I fell for the portrait I saw
Then laid eyes on her face and cried, ‘she’s a horse!

I must have another divorce’.

Catherine Howard was five
A child of nineteen, so alive.
She flirted with others, no way to behave
The axe sent young Cath to her grave.

Catherine Parr she was last
By then all my best days were past
I lay on my deathbed aged just fifty-five
Lucky Catherine the last stayed alive.
 

Divorced, beheaded and died
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
I’m Henry VIII, I had six sorry wives
You could say I ruined their lives.