But the Christmas version of the song, written 300 years after Greensleeves, is "What Child is This?" Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Allen Esterson < [email protected]> wrote: > Michael Sylvester asked: > >Did the song Greensleeves first emerge as a Christmas carol? > > No - as the words make clear: > > "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, > to cast me off discourteously..." > > Chorus: > "Greensleeves was all my joy > Greensleeves was my delight, > Greensleeves was my heart of gold, > And who but my lady Greensleeves." > > http://ingeb.org/songs/alasmylo.html > > It was composed in the sixteenth century by the prolific Trad. (Sometimes > unreliably attributed to Henry VIII.) > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > http://www.esterson.org > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
