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| Text: | What child is this |
| Author: | William Chatterton Dix |
| Tune: | GREENSLEEVES |
| Harmonizer: | John Stainer |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | What child is this, who, laid to rest |
| Title: | What child is this |
| Author: | William Chatterton Dix (c. 1865) |
| Refrain First Line: | This, this is Christ the King |
| Meter: | 8787 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1992 |
| Topic: | The Birth of Jesus |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | GREENSLEEVES |
| Harmonizer: | John Stainer (1871) |
| Meter: | 8787 with refrain |
| Key: | e minor or modal |
| Source: | English 16th-century melody |