sentences:  In the 1548 work "The Complaynt of Scotland", the anonymous author mentions ""Passetyme with gude companye,"" as being among the popular songs within the kingdom of Scotland in the early part of the 16th century.The oldest known version is part of the "Henry VIII Manuscript" (c. 1513), a collection of 14 works of his authorship currently preserved at the British Library (BM Addl.MSS.