What Child Is This?

What Child Is This?
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst
GenreHymn
Written1865
TextWilliam Chatterton Dix
Based onIsaiah 9:6-7
Meter8.7.8.7 with refrain
Melody"Greensleeves"
Published1871

"What Child Is This?" is a Christmas carol with lyrics written by William Chatterton Dix in 1865 and set to the tune of "Greensleeves", a traditional English folk song, in 1871. Although written in Great Britain, the carol today is more popular in the United States than its country of origin.

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