Once in Royal David’s City

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Verse 1

Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed,

Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed:

Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

Verse 2

He came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all,

And his shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall;

With the poor, and mean, and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior holy.

Verse 3

And our eyes at last shall see him, Through his own redeeming love;

For that child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in heav’n above,

And he leads his children on To the place where he is gone.

Music by: Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805–1876

Text by: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818–1895

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