"The Death of Queen Jane" is an English ballad that describes the events surrounding the death of a Queen Jane. Some of the versions given are Scottish, in which the queen's name is Jeanie or Jeany. The queen is almost certainly Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII of England. Historically, Jane Seymour gave birth to a son who became Edward VI of England on October 12, 1537. The birth was difficult but natural and she she died twelve days later of infection resulting from the birth. It is catalogued by Francis James Child as Child #170. There are 20 versions of the song given by Child, but they are consistent in the basic tale. A version of this ballad appears as early as 1612. It is reprinted in Old Ballads (1723). "The Lamentation of Queen Jane" was licensed in 1560. It is included in the Roud Index of Folk Songs as #77. It was also printed in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd's Penguin Book of English Folk Songs and Sharp's English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1917). It was recorded by Dave and Toni Arthur on The Lark in the Morning (1969), Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick on Straws in the Wind (2006), Joan Baez on Joaz Baez 5 (1964), Cynthia Gooding and The Bothy Band.