The Story of "What Child is This" Here is another example of how some carol tunes are often taken from popular folk tunes. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was a song called, "My Lady Greensleaves." Shakespeare often referred to the song as being very popular in his day. The words to "My Lady Greensleaves" are no longer used, but the tune is still popular in the form of the carol "What Child Is This?" The words to the song were written during the reign of Queen Victoria, by William C. Dix. He was the manager of an insurance company in England, and wrote many beautiful hymns. What child is this, who, laid to rest On Mary's lap, is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping?   This, this is Christ the King,   Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:   Haste, haste to bring him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary! So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh, Come peasant king to own Him, The King of kings, salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone Him.   Raise, raise the song on high, The Virgin sings her lullaby: Joy, joy, for Christ is born, The Babe, the Son of Mary!
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Thieves roll away grand piano (Moldova.org)Law enforcement authorities in Spokane, Wash., don't think it was magic -- they think the disappearance of a grand Piano was a brazen theft.An employee at the Ridpath Hotel says the concert Piano was in its usual place when she left for her dinner break around 11 p.m. Saturday, but she noticed the more than century-old Steinway Grand Piano was gone before 2 a.m. Sunday.The thieves apparently ...

Man rejects plea offer in drugs-in-piano case (Middletown Times Herald-Record)MONTICELLO ? A man charged with transporting 186 pounds of marijuana hidden in a Piano rejected a plea offer on Thursday and plans to risk a possible life sentence as a persistent felon.

Local theater pioneer's piano plays on in east Madison (The Capital Times)The kids at the East Madison Community Center probably already are lining up to play "Chopsticks" and "Heart and Soul." This morning, the charitable arm of the Madison Area Music Awards donated a Cabinet Grand upright piano to the center and is also working to develop a music education program for children there. This isn't any old piano. It belonged to the late Joel Gersmann, who founded and ...

Hotel heist nets thieves a Grand (Piano) (KXLY-TV Spokane)A daring thief made off with a whole grand in a mysterious heist at the Ridpath Hotel over the weekend. And when we say grand, we mean grand ... piano.

Urbandale Senior Center hosts piano concert (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)The Urbandale Senior Center, 7305 Aurora Ave., will host a Piano concert at 12:30 p.m. today. Kathryn Bakke, a speaker, entertainer and a deaf pianist, combines her musical talents with her life experience.