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What Child is this who, laid to rest, On Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary. Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and ass are feeding?
Display Title: What Child Is This First Line: What child is this, who laid to rest Tune Title: GREENSLEEVES Author: William C. Dix Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7. with refrain Scripture: Matthew 2:11; Luke 2:7-32; John 1:14; John 19:16-34 Date: 1995 Subject: Christmas | ; Jesus Christ | Birth and Infancy; Year A | Christmas 1; Year A | Epiphany; Year B ...
" 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] Lyrics.
“What Child Is This?” is a famous and traditional Christmas carol crafted in 1865. The lyrics were composed by William Chatterton Dix, the son of a surgeon residing in Bristol, England. William spent most of his life as a businessman in Glasgow, Scotland, working at the managerial level of the Maritime Insurance Company.
