What Child Is This?

Text by William Chatterton Dix

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About this hymn

Date: 1865
Tune: Greensleeves
Composer: English
Key: D
Meter: 8 7 8 7 6 8 6 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Angels, Christmas/Advent, Cross, Fear of the Lord, God, As King, Gospel.

Lk 2:7 · Mt 2:1-11 · Phil 2:5-8 · Is 53:1-6

Musical background

Greensleeves is presented in the source key of D, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: William Chatterton Dix, 1865. Music: 'Greensleeves' 16th Century English Traditional. Setting: traditional from "The Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book", 1871. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2005 Revision.