Requested by TheWhiteRabbit: What Child Is This?, performed by Anthony Way (I couldn’t resist the stained glass). The lyrics are from 1865, but the melody, “Greensleeves,” is much older than that. It can be found in songbooks printed in the 1500s.
Tag: Greensleeves
Carol, ‘What Child is This?’
Contrary to legend, Henry VIII had nothing to do with composing this melody, which was first published in England as “Greensleeves” in 1580. Since then, Christmas lyrics have been written to celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God
This one is a very nice instrumental version.