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| - %22I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am%22 (also %22I'm Henery the VIII, I Am%22 or %22I'm Henry VIII, I Am%22; spelled %22Henery%22 but pronounced %22'Enery%22 in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston. It was a signature song of the music hall star Harry Champion. In 1965, it became the fastest-selling song in history to that point when it was revived by Herman's Hermits, becoming the group's second number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The lead solo on the Hermits' version was played by the group's lead guitarist Derek %22Lek%22 Leckenby.In the well-known chorus, Henery explains that his wife had been married seven times before:I'm 'Enery the Eighth, I am, 'Enery the Eighth I am, I am!I got married to the widow next door,She's been married seven times beforeAnd every one was an 'EneryShe wouldn't have a Willie nor a SamI'm her eighth old man named 'Enery 'Enery the Eighth, I am!
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