High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King`s Ballad" ("The Kynges Balade"), is an English folk song written by King Henry VIII in the first years of the 16th century, shortly after being crowned. It is regarded as the most famous of his compositions, and it became a popular song in England and other European countries during Renaissance times. It is thought to be written for Catherine of Aragon.