"What Child is This? (Unplugged)" genre: Christian Easy Listening
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	"It's beautiful" TraxInSpace. This famous modal melody, that began as the English folk song “Greensleves”, was adapted to the Christmas story by William Dix. He was stricken with illness and under deep depression when he met God in a personal way. This heart-rending hymn, that came out of this illuminating experience, has been arranged instrumentally by Don in a manner that captures, with its tender acoustic guitar and piano accented by buoyant strings the ancient mood of this favorite Christmas song.
	MP3.com CD: O Come Let Us Adore Him! - buy it! CD: O Come Let Us Adore Him   Label: Wigtune Company Credits: Instruments: Don Wigton Arrangement Copyright © 1999 Don Wigton
	Story Behind the Song Wow, very interesting take on the original version. I like what you have added to it. More personal, far more relative to the human condition. It's beautiful. . . Wow, you definitely managed to bring a more personable and more emotional feeling to this song by using the exotic minor and major chords. Giving it a more expressive feel over most versions you here of this song. The "todays" listener should have no problem relating this into their own lives. Great vision on your part. Very nice! Bass: very subtle, deep and rolls off nicely. Mid: very clean, clear and not overdriven. Treble: Very tight, sharp, crisp and cut's through the signals without overbearing the whole piece. So the sound quality is mixed professionally no doubt. The dynamics are wonderful! Sure, in fact you may well just prefer this version over most others at Christmas time. I know I will. It's diverse, yet peaceful as the original was meant to be. If anything, the artist added a great touch and your ears won't be disappointed. Thank you Wigtune Co. UU: Trax In Space Even before I was a Christian, this song stood out as one of my favorite melodies. The first time I heard it was when I saw the movie How the West Was One. Greensleves, as the melody is called, stood as the major theme of this epic. It was later as a Christian that I discovered that this melody that I adored was adapted as a Christmas praise hymn. Naturally, as I began to put together Christmas instrumentals this song stood on the top of my list. The melody goes way back to the 1500s and was an English folk song that was mentioned by Shakespeare in one of his plays. It was an insurance salesman, William Dix, who adapted the popular English melody to Christianity. When he was 29, Dix was stricken with a serious illness that left him in despair. It was while he was bed ridden, though, that God met him in a very personal way. This spiritual experience led to the composition of What Child is This? As with so many things that come out of an individuals trail and tribulation, the Body of Christ have been the beneficiary of this remarkable inspiring praise song. When arranging it for the Wigtune Christmas CD O Come Let Us Adore Him, I wanted to make it as simple as possible, yet with the dynamic accents that makes the chorus so powerful. To keep it delicate, and to fit with the Baroque feel of the Christmas CD, I began the song with a light piano with the acoustic guitars playing the melody above, As the song progresses, strings filter in to add depth to the piece. During the later playing of the chorus you can hear a B3 in the distant background that causes the song to swell delicately to the proclamation that Christ is King! When I played this song for Vanessa she cried as she was overwhelmed with passion for the Lord. She is my litmus test and, since this was the first time this ever happened, I concluded that I had reached the goal that I was after in arranging the song. The tune is deep with feeling and I pray that as you listen to it that you are filled with the same inspiration that moved Vanessa to tears. Lyrics What Child is This? What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Marys 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. Why lies He in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear, for sinners here The silent Word is pleading. 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. This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the Son of Mary. Arrangement Copyright © 1999 Don Wigton A chord chart for this song is available for free at the Wigtune Company Home Page @ http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/wigton/wigtune.htm

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