Fieldwork Archive
Greensleeves
Performed by Vijay Masharani.
Recorded February 3, 2026 in Belmont, California (acquisition date: February 3, 2026).
Performed with guitar. Two verses.
Learned as a youth from Lynne Herrick at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California.
Recorded by Vijay Masharani on behalf of Derek Piotr.
I probably learned this song from two people around the same time: my first guitar teacher was Lynne Herrick at the Nueva School in Hillsborough.
It seems like she was born in the 50s.
I would have started with her in 2003, 2004 at the latest, and learned the song early on — so 3rd–4th grade, which would make me 8 or 9 years old.
I believe we also sang it in choir in my 4th grade class with Matthew Berman, however I think I already knew the song by then.
I'm a practicing artist and writer, living in my childhood home.
I moved back after being diagnosed with blood cancer in early 2024 and a second time in early 2025,
currently in remission after a bone marrow transplant in April. The town is Belmont, California.