Greensleeves is another name for "what child is this?"
It is a Christmas carol that was written by William Chatterton Dix in 1865. Dix was an insurance manager when he wrote this hymns
During this period, Dix also suffered a very severe illness and upon recovering, he wrote many hymns, he also wrote the lyrics for “what child is this?” The lyrics for this carol were later set with tune for Greensleeves.
The lyrics of the hymns comes from a poem written by Dix and titled “the manger throne” while the portion of the poem that was used as the song lyrics are made up of three stanzas
What child is this? Was published six-year after it was written and the carol was edited by John stainer and Henry Ramsden Bramley.
Dix was born in England and also schooled in Bristol England. His father was a surgeon and composed the biography of poet Thomas Chatterton. His father also named his second after Chatterton to honor him.
William Chatterton Dix wrote more than 40 hymns and many of these hymns are for Christmas and Easter. Konrad Kocher set some of these hymns to melody; they include “As with Gladness”, “Men Of Old” among others.
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