ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
Author(s): Paul Michael
Songbook: Christmas Miscellaneous
KeyWords: Christmas,

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

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 Saviour holy

Jesus is our childhood's pattern, day by day like us
He grew; He was little, weak and helpless, tears and
Smiles, like us, He knew: and He feeleth for our
Sadness, and He shareth in our gladness

And our eyes at last shall see Him, through His own
Redeeming love, for that Child so dear and gentle is
Our Lord in heaven above: and He leads His
Children on to the place where He is gone

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