Carol / Lullaby, England (UK).
“What Child Is This?” is a popular Christmas carol based on the melody of the traditional tune “Greensleeves”. It was written in 1865 by English writer William Chatterton Dix.
At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression.
Yet out of his near-death experience, Dix wrote many hymns, including a poem entitled, “The Manger Throne,” from which three stanzas were later culled, set to the traditional English tune “Greensleeves,” and re-titled as “What Child Is This?”.
Table of Contents
- How to play What Child is This? (Greensleeves) on the Piano – Easy Piano Tutorial Video
- Sheet music with chords
- Free Printable PDF with Sheet Music and Lyrics
- Free Printable PDF with Easy Piano Sheet Music
- Teaching ideas
How to play What Child is This? (Greensleeves) on the Piano – Easy Piano Tutorial Video
Sheet music with chords
To save this free music sheet of “What Child is This?” to your computer, right click (or tap and hold, on mobile devices) and choose “Save Image As…”.
26+1 Easy Christmas Piano Sheet Music for Beginners
Free Printable PDF with Sheet Music and Lyrics
To download a printable PDF of this song for music activities with sheet music, lyrics and a drawing for kids to paint, click on the button above or on the following link.
What child is this? (Greensleeves) | Free PDF download – Singing Bell
Easy Piano Sheet Music
Free Printable PDF with Easy Piano Sheet Music
To download a printable PDF of this song with easy piano sheet music for beginners, click on the button above or on the following link.
What Child Is This | Free PDF with easy Piano Sheet Music for Beginners
Teaching ideas
Listen to the original melody of “Greensleeves” and the composition “Fantasia on Greensleeves” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Pay close attention to the instruments of the orchestra and recognize the theme in the orchestration.
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