Sing Hey! For the Wives of King Henry  Ruby Paul Children’s song Original  The first fair maid my name is Catherine  For thirty long years will I wear your ring  My daughter Mary will one day be queen  Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    The second fair maid is called Anne Boleyn  You had me be killed ‘cos you wanted a son  But my daughter Elizabeth will be famous   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    The third fair maid is called Jane Seymour  I bore him a son, the sickly Edward  The child king died at only sixteen   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    The fourth fair maid is called Anne of Cleves  For less than a year are these two married  When Henry grew tired of the Flander’s Mare  Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    The fifth fair maid is called Catherine Howard  Once more she was killed with a chop of her head  She wished that she’d married a poor man instead  Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    The sixth fair maid was called Catherine Parr  She lived a long life but no children she bore  When Henry’s reign end then followed two queens  Sing hey for the wives of King Henry  Hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    Perhaps there’s on thing you are wondering  How Henry could marry queen after queen   Well he had a big row with the catholic pope  And formed his own church as a protestant  Sing hey nonny , hey nonny , hey nonny no,   Sing hey for the wives of King Henry    these lyrics are submitted by Peter ashton