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Greensleeves
Folk Song
Folk Song
History:
A Newe Northen Dittye Of Ye Ladye Greene Sleves
(
1580–1581
)
Language
English
Region
England
Noted in
Richard Jones London Stationer's Company, Broadside Ballad "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves"
What Child Is This
(
1871
)
Edited by
Language
English
Region
Great Britain
Noted in
Henry Ramsden Bramley, John Stainer "Christmas Carols New and Old", London, UK
In 1865, William Chatterton Dix wrote a poem about the birth of Jesus Christ entitled “The Manger Throne.” In 1871, the collection “Christmas Carols New and Old” by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer featured the poem set to the melody of “Greensleeves” for the first time. It is believed that John Stainer was the initiator, but this cannot be confirmed with certainty at present.
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