Sarah McLachlan - What Child Is This- (Greensleeves)

[DjNoyzii]

What A Beautiful song Sarah McLahlan Has A Gorgeous Voice And The Melody Is So Peaceful. Gave Me The Goose Bumps.

[Loretta7718]

Beautiful! :)

[TPOP92]

she killed this song.....

[lovellespice]

@TPOP92 in a good way, i hope..

[gdholmfirth]

@loneaxoloti: I never said Anne was a slut. Books by English historians claim there was zero proof to allegations against her. Read the biography by Alison Weir. Mainly Henry had tired of Anne. He had become enraptured by Anne Seymour and wished to be rid of Anne any way he could. So, he encouraged people to come up with all sorts of stories about Anne. Queen Elizabeth I was once asked why she never married. She said she did not wish to make the same mistake her mother did.

[basicaa]

Incarnation is God’s promise to be a committed participant with us in our living, our imagining,

our dreaming, and our yearning.

[serenitysprnigs]

@basicaa Ahhhhh, you have spoken an ocean of truth in such a simple and beautiful way. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours!!:)

[dbooth81]

Religion just got sexy!

[MsSeeQ]

absolutely beautiful!

[bubbah671]

i believe this is a celtic song not jeebus related.

[Anarchist2112]

@bubbah671 ... You should probably read the lyrics...

[rjl408]

The Judd's version puts her to shame.

[calvingmail]

This child is the savior and redeemer of the world. He will return as the king of kings, Lord of Lords. He is JESUS CHRIST the lamb of God.

[manxfaerie]

@calvingmail Thanks for bible-bashing the hell (whoops sorry) out of this song...

[DreamChemistryMusic]

Absolutely beautiful .¸¸.•­*¨*•♪♫•*

[bthomas18618]

This is so Blessed. Than k you for sharing with the world. Jesus is King of Kings!

[alohomoraeaglet]

Her voice

is

love

[unclesam1024]

@JDinoo whatever... I can live with it

[unclesam1024]

Sarah mclachlan is old enough to be my mom but i think shes hot. Is something wrong with me?

[JDinoo]

@unclesam1024 maybe. xD

hmm, i don't think this was the one we're supposed to sing for choir. but it's still very good. :)

[loveyallyangu]

I love this! So interesting, just to sing the harmony and completely leave out the melody. Yeah, these particular lyrics (an English Christmas carol) were written in the 1800s. King Henry VIII wrote the Greensleeves lyrics (before sending Anne to her death after marrying her, poor girl) but he didn't compose the actual Greensleeves /tune/.

[Jump2218]

Wow that advertisement was intense!

[neiljonty]

@Jump2218 TRUE STORY \m/ :)

[cschacker99]

She's singing the harmony to the song.

[VinonaStringNetwork]

Nice song! Beautiful picture.

[damnonii]

I just can't like classic melodies with different lyrics tossed over them. :( . Greensleeves survived, I wonder how many original lyrics have got lost in the wash over hundreds of years. I would like to hear the original words that went to the Amazing Grace melody but I haven't heard them yet. I've heard rumor that it was possibly a drinking song or funeral dirge, anybody out there know?

[rockinforjesus91]

@damnonii Actually, it was an African folk tune. An English slaver, who eventually found salvation and became a Christian, put his own words to the African tune after changing his ways and working to end slavery. They actually made a movie about it, called Amazing Grace. You may want to check it out. So, unless you understand African languages, you wouldn't be able to understand the song. Hope I helped. :)

[damnonii]

@rockinforjesus91 Thank you. That's at least a place to start some research. 

[tootsybell24]

@rockinforjesus91 I actually kinda knew that only because ive seen the movie.. huh.. Its a very good movie as well!

[superjake5126]

The only annoying thing about this song is the fact that adds keep interefering with it. I hate adds & even 5 seconds of an add is too much!

KIll the add not the song.Jane

[IntrepidaProgredi]

She has a great voice, but I can't stand it when people screw with the melody of classic songs like this. It's like.. 3 notes now. Not hard, not impressive, and not CORRECT. Sorry Sarah.

[loveyallyangu]

@IntrepidaProgredi Oh, oh, check this out, hum the actual tune OVER this. She's just harmonizing with the actual melody.

[harmonyperf]

thank you

merci

[kraney51]

If any one says they dislike this version they are completely mad, (that includes my son!) lol. Thank you Sarah for such an amazing version of one of my favorite christmas songs. Jane.

[serenitysprnigs]

Ahhhhh, it's that time of year to once again enjoy this very lovely Christmas song. Sarah does an excellent job of accenting its beauty:)

[OhSusannah63]

I listen to this cd year round,I like it so much. Her artangement is a little different from the traditional Greensleeves

[Lyrikaholmes]

beautiful version! Please checkout my version of What Child is This on harp:)

[fairweatherporcupine]

@ksdmd14, darling, such is the nature of the Internet. Funny kittens in one click, popularized Christmas carols in the next. Embrace it! : D

[Holdingfordaylight]

28 people were dropped at birth. 28 people were hit in the head at the exact moment they were about to hit LIKEEEE on this video and their hands slipped. 28 people are deaf and thought the pictures were too boring. 28 people disliked this and now I dislike them :)

[jared201345]

Hi I'm Sarah McLachlan, and I was famous for two months

[MissCriminalLaw]

WTF???? Why cant this be saved to a playlist?? This is the most beautiful version of this song Ive heard

[TheWisdom5000]

who is she! :)

[snutekuk]

@TheWisdom5000 Just search for her name and you will find out...

[calvingmail]

where does Anne boleyn come from here? :O

[TheTombRaiderLara]

@calvingmail It's said that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves to Anne Boleyn. Believable, but not proven.

[amcgill14]

I have always enjoyed Sarah McLachlan and this is very enjoyable. I also enjoy Sissel who sings a very moving version of What Child on you tube.

[snutekuk]

@amcgill14 Sissel have a different versjon, but you must just close your eyes and listen to her voice...beutiful... Sarah McLachlan is not bad either

[RavingDissension]

Anne Bolyen not a prostitute? True, but a opportunist hussy all the same...

[wowza191]

Can someone fill me in on what Anne Boleyn was supposed to of done?

[KrunkPrincess15]

@wowza191 well she was the daughter of an earl and the king was married to a queen who was from spain. and back then the three power countries(and many others) which were span, england, and france were strictly catholic and the king ended up falling in love with anne boleyn and he wanted to divorce his wife to marry her and to have son because his current wife was barren and anne wouldn't be his mistress. so to get the divorce he ended up breaking from the catholic church and reforming england.

[KrunkPrincess15]

@wowza191 she's also Queen Elizabeth 1's mother. but when anne boleyn couldn't have a son either the king (king henry viii) had her executed and said that she committed adultery with a like 5 other guys one of which was her own brother and said she used witchcraft to seduce him to marry her.

[wowza191]

@KrunkPrincess15 : Ohh I see, thank-you for answering in detail :)

[trixwiz7]

Yes Anne Boleyn gets some bad press that is undeserved. Nevertheless she was a schemer, whose actions were primarily self-interested. She may not have been guilty of all things Henry VIII had here put to death on, but the manner in which she came to be married to him, given he was already married for one thing, demonstrates she wasn't some noble being. She shouldn't go without criticism

[gusstux]

I like this music. Thank you Elizabeth for devoting myself it

[YUKIOWAT]

I hate this arrangement

[gdholmfirth]

Poor Anne Boleyn; she sure gets a bad rap, just for marrying a King who would have beheaded her earlier if she had said "No" to him. And what about Henry?? To those that would call Anne a slut, what name do you have for Henry? How about he was a Super Slut himself.

[blackwelderadam]

@gdholmfirth I'm probably gonna regret asking you this, but, what does your comment have to do with this song??? (Pssssssst...You might wanna stop SMOKING that mistletoe!)

[loneaxolotl]

@gdholmfirth The slutty parents who gave birth to Elizabeth- The Virgin Queen.

[colleenlp]

@gdholmfirth

I would call Henry a predator...he wanted to possess Anne Bolyn..even though she rejected him..and he thought he could win her with his power...My view...love is given ...not taken

[Ziegour]

josh groban could be better

[Havendukdalf2]

@Ziegour idioot

[tigerSh4rq]

24 persons this way were moved with this song, that by accident instead of "yes" by chance pressed "not"....

[guitarzite]

Definitely one of my favorite renditions.

[Mariateresa735]

Wonderful song and fantastic performance, I like it! :)

[BBonelessStudios]

Her version is great, but I prefer the minor one.

[bubbly4635]

@ksdmd14 My sister is in band (school) and she was performing this song so i look up the instramental version. Then i magickly got here.

[bubbly4635]

best version EVER. OF ALL TIME.

Not her fault. God needed to give someone the voice of an angel to sing His song.

[onlysay2]

what child u are when ur dislike this song!

[its4it]

As much as I love Sarah McLachlan I did find this version of What Child Is This rather un-usual. After a time though I started to enjoy it.

[xvanillaperfume]

the whole cd is awesome, but this song is my favorite. so beautiful!

[holdchipformy2cents]

Merry Christmas!  YULETIDE PRAISE

[fhurvhur]

Thanks Sarah, thanks.

[pbshe]

i LOVE this version. it reminds me of one of my favourite christmas vacations in Lafayette, LA :)

[ABBAnMJ]

I love this remix. but, i looked for three hours and couldn't find the chords and words to this....it sucks.

[fridaynightovernight]

it was sung well by pure soul

[suewhit3478]

Truly a great song. Most beautful version of both songs. Awesome!

[Pugliosa]

Beautifully timeless.

[maellen1]

could we have the true lyrics, it s not about "the son of mary" but ireland greensleeves was my delight.... hum

[whozis2]

@maellen1 Sorry, this is not the first song to ever have different words put to a familiar tune. This is common in folk music from various lands and peoples all over the world.

[LaLaZoomZoom]

I'm recording a Christmas album, and I am covering this version!!=)

[pr9nkaholic]

She looks like Sarah Polley from Avonlea.

[SuperFluxcore]

this song is beautiful her voice is sweet and enticing

[Serenity72]

@ksdmd14 luck? lol :) x

[maellen1]

it s stupid but it reminds me my childhood even if it s not the lyrics of greensleeves,kind of lullalaby...

[XevenzGeiBook]

She gives this song a beautiful Medieval Gothic sound. It has a wonderful touch of her own voice to add to the song. This is the version, her version, that I fell in love with aside from the Childs' Piano Version.

[rkcraig]

nice song

[KlimovArtem1]

So strange harmony....

[melissah]

The best arrangement of this song EVER.

[elgoogyoy]

This is tatal surprisingly great!!!!!

Wonderful interpretation.

[Statspoilizie]

This is beautiful!

[BASSGUY1234567]

@Statspoilizie i Think im gonna cry :')

[freakkout1]

man, her voice made me want ta crryy..

[Holdingfordaylight]

@freakkout1 I did......

[freddypossy]

Beautiful, a voice full of feeling,

[nippyprice]

this arrangement is stunning...work it out Sarah!

[musicstories]

This makes my soul sing.

[amichan500]

this is quite a different melody.....i love the harmony though

[HCOboy93]

this is a beautiful song.

[78topper]

sorry but this is really really bad, to the point of being painful to listen to.

She butchers this song, and she ought to be ashamed.

Oh and I do like a lot of her other work.

[hahaeliz]

I started liking Sarah McLachlan when I picked her as an easy topic for a grade 11 Canadian poet project last year. I stayed up till 4 in the morning doing this lame project, and listened to this song probably 100 times. It is SO beautiful! and I am so glad I discovered her music. I almost forgot about this song... I would have missed out! :) LOVE her.

[canyonsofthemind]

i love every part of this song. it has such heart.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

i adore Sarah!

[puffpuff777]

i<3 this song when sarah mclachlan sing it!!!!!!!!!!

[saarryu]

i think she sounds great, and makes the song sound beautifull, so idc bout what ya'll say! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

[rainyoutside1]

the real song is called Greensleeves. What Child Is This? is based on the same melody.

[BelialfromAbbadon]

Lol - what does this have to do with Greensleeves ?

It's kinda eerie, but I really like it.

I found it playing in my head one day.

And didn't know where it had come from.

She looks a Bit like a Dead Spirit to me

[MAWPARKER]

love this song what child is this

[xxXSpiritwolfXxx]

In my opinion, she has butchered this song.

In her "style", it's too off-tune (she rarely goes along with the actual tune) and quiet.

[ArrSee]

Um...not trying to be mean, but are you tone deaf? She is in no way out of tune. And before you ask me how I can tell, I have perfect pitch.

[cammarkgross]

What are greensleves anyway?

[adamfirebear]

there's a good wikipedia page on it. it might refer to a promiscuous woman who's made love outside and gotten grass stains on her dress.......?

[kittytv]

@adamfirebear

Henry the 8th wrote greensleves for his wife on there wedding day. not shore about the lyric change

=)

[USAFp90x]

Greensleeves is about a Christmas Tree.

What Child is This is about the birth of Jesus.

[chinorthsidefan24]

Greensleeves is the original English song, What Child is This is the church's adaptation and adoption of the Greensleeves tune.

[WildAlaskanBlossom]

No actually, Greensleeves was a love song written in the 1800's by King Henry VIII for a woman he adored, Anne Bolyen. She was a prostitute, and in those days green sleeved dresses were a sign of their profession. It's original chorus was:

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,

To God I pray to prosper thee,

For I am still thy lover true,

Come once again and love me.

[valar83]

Henry VIII died in 1547 and Anne Bolyen was not a prostitute...she was the daughter of Thomas Bolyen the Earl of Wiltshire.

[suspa80]

@valar83, Ты кто или такая есть? Кажется, ты изволила ( изволил) оскорбить Анну Болейн? Или мне показалось?

[BoiledBlackMilk]

@valar83 Word nigga.

[mizukixx9]

@valar83 Even though Henry VIII claimed that he loves her, she was still executed under his command because someone else caught his attention... poor Anne...

[evilmangoeater]

@valar83 what do you mean?

[Cstrife234]

@valar83 Long ago ran the sun on a folk who had a dream And the heart and the will and the power; They moved earth; they carved stone; moulded hill and channeled stream That we might stand on the wide plains of Wiltshire.

[JesusLives324]

@valar83 I totally missed this conversation, but yes, you are correct. Anne Boleyn was not a prostitute. In fact, she was a rather pious woman who refused the advances of the king of England until after they were married. In addition, there is a Tyndale Bible with her name written on it, in her handwriting. The story is Anne was holding this Bible when she was beheaded. Whether or not that is true, I don't know, but she seemed to have an excellent understanding of Scripture, unlike a hooker.

[van1980]

You need a lesson in history. Badly.

Henry VIII was 1500s and she was not a prostitute.

[van1980]

"She" refers to Ann. Are you always so incompetent? Refer to context next time.

[Demonmixer]

@WildAlaskanBlossom The reason for the green sleeves was because Anne Bolyen had an extra little finger on each hand, which she hid from view with specially cut sleeves which covered that part of her hands.

Henry had Anne executed after marrying the girl.

[teh12man]

@Demonmixer she rejected him

[thumb5butterscoch]

@teh12man who?

[AdamsApple1963]

Sarah has the voice of an angel and I love the way she covers this lovely tune.

[StephenK1000]

I'm singing this in chorus I wish we could do her version its so pretty

[22RaNdOmViDs22]

great version

[StopDomViolence]

Love this version, very nice. :)

[dancingdolphin87]

She is amazing! I absolutely love this song. I can't wait until the most wonderful time of the year : )

[walkingtall110187]

you do realize that sarah mclaughlin did not make this video...

[char4him99]

lol. too funny.

[foxygirl709]

i do. and i did the first time i was watching it.

[22RaNdOmViDs22]

hahah

[BubbleGumee1]

@foxygirl709 um, listen up. Sarah Mclachlan is a FAMOUS SINGER. She did a COVER of this song.

[foxygirl709]

so?

[stipsazg]

Totally agree with you

[Traumwanderer77]

Amazing Christmas Song!

[moonlight5onata]

Wow sir, you failed life! It's a cover.

[BubbleGumee1]

ohhhh pretty! I do a lyrical dance to this that is simply amazing. Check out some of my dance videos, I've got a load that I'll be publishing in a day or two.

[SavageJim01]

Even the original version has seen some artistic modifications.

An example is the way the Irish play the Greensleeves song. Their version is almost exactly the same as the original, even the lyrics are the exact same. Just a few notes here and there are changed.

Of course, the Christian version keeps the original melody intact, but the lyrucs are completely different form the original Greensleeves/

[patrikballa]

I dont like this version, it is totally different song like the original.

[TheCelineDionChannel]

Sarah is wonderful .

However i prefer the original song .Nothing can harm the beauty of that song.

[RedSidhe]

Why did Greensleeves was taken for What Child is this?

[SavageJim01]

It was the other way around, the Christmas song was taken from Lady Greensleeves.

[Workablefilly]

dont like this rendition

[pimpc1125]

pretty heartless.. and yes i get the reference

[cobregon56]

I loved the variation on this well known piece! I found it is a very fresh way to listen to it .

[as435943]

I usually like her. But I didn't like this arrangement of it. I know it was done this way to cover up her limited vocal range.

Like I said I like her she has a nice voice within her scope. This is not within it.

[gahnsirisheyes2]

I don't like this version at all.

[wvu05]

This is my favorite Christmas song performed by one of my favorite artists. What more could I ask for?

[curiousgeorge555]

5*z ! Beautiful! Have you heard Neil Young's version of the same melody? Same melody is Greensleeves. I just put it up with video on my site. Take a look if you would like. ~cg5

[derprophet]

wonderful song - mesmerizing

and so is she I like the second pic most of all this slight asymetry of her face - mystic

[SureHowDoYouKnow]

Haunting!!

[matakaro22]

Hermozo

[naga22041980]

this mix between celtic, pop and renaissance - music really suits her warm, full, soft and crystal clear voice

very beautiful arrangement

[jessjef22]

I love this song!!

[oneOtrick]

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[DazzyBoy12]

ive always classed greensleeves and what child is this as two different songs.

either way if you like greensleeves then you should like this. but this arrangement is ammmazing and normally i dont say things like this but sarah mcLachlan ... what a babe =|

[derprophet]

Indeed she is

[ptdrawoh]

Lulliby! This reminds me...it's almost 11:00, and I'm getting sleepy.

[AlonzoTheArmless]

I love this version of this song. It's like a lullaby. Sarah's voice and this arrangement are enchanting.

[davehshs]

Well, it's the same WORDS as "What Child Is This." And a few of the notes even remind me of Greensleeves.

me gusta esta canción,

me gusta como la interpreta Sarah quiero decir xdd

por cierto, gracias por tu comentario en My Number! :) XD