OK, I admit it: there is a "Christmas carol" which I really, really don't like. I simply find "What child is this?" rather depressing. I think it's not the tune's association with Henry VIII (that robber and killer); it's the whiny "Greensleeves" tune itself.
The carol would have been more upbeat if the pop-band "Chicago" had sung it:
"Does anybody really know what Child this is?
Does anybody really care about this Child?
If so, I can't imagine who;
but He was born for me and you."
Verse 1:
"As I was walking through the town one day,
a man and woman came to me
and asked: is there an inn where we can stay
today?"
