SALVATION ARMY Christmas Carolling WHAT CHILD IS THIS? (CC100) Camberwell Citadel Band (ensemble)

Camberwell Citadel Band Ensemble carolling in Hawthorn (VIC, Australia).
Ensemble Players: in order of appearance
Brian Davies (Cornet), Des Holman (Cornet), Jeremy Gale (Cornet), Alistair Straughan (Bass Trombone), Gareth MacDonald (Baritone), Ken Whittaker (Cornet)
not seen - Annette Davies (Horn) also recording video
What Child is This (Christmas Collection 2018 #100)
Recorded: 10th December 2019
Christmas Carol Story
"Greensleeves," the tune to which "What Child Is This?" is sung, has a long history. It was apparently first licensed or registered in 1580 to a Richard Jones (with a set of lyrics that were not in the least religious, nor even very respectable), but it is probably older still. Almost three centuries later, about 1865, William Chatterton Dix published "The Manger Throne." Three stanzas were later culled from that poem and fitted to "Greensleeves," thus creating "What Child Is This?", one of our loveliest carols.