What Child Is This? | |
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Genre | Hymn |
Written | 1865 |
Text | William Chatterton Dix |
Based on | Isaiah 9:6-7 |
Meter | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
Melody | "Greensleeves" |
Published | 1871 |
"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.[1]