Daniel Swanger answers “How many of his wives were beheaded ?”

Julian asked this question about Henry VIII: The King and His Court:

How many of his wives were beheaded ?

Daniel Swanger school rhyme: "King Henry the Eighth to six wives he was wedded/One died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded." Consider also our childhood rhyme…moreschool rhyme: "King Henry the Eighth to six wives he was wedded/One died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded." Consider also our childhood rhyme concerning the succession: "London Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady./Take the keys and lock her up, My Fair Lady./Off to London Tower we go, My Fair Lady.../ ending with a whack on the neck and playing under lifted hands of children in succession under the merry-go-round as at or under rather than a jumprope as the last one caught walks the area to the Tower...traditional playgrounds in America.(less)

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