Once in royal David's city

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1. Vers 1

   Once in roy al Da vid's ci ty stood a low cat tle shed, where a mo ther laid her baby in a man for his bed: Ma ry was that mother mild, Je sus Christ her lit tle child.

2. Vers 2

   He came down earth from heaven who is God Lord of all, and his shel was a sta ble, and his cra was a stall; with the poor mean and low ly lived on earth our Sa viour ho ly.

3. Vers 3

   And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own deem ing love, for that child so dear and gen tle is our Lord heav'n a bove; and he leads his chil dren on to the place where he is gone.

4. Vers 4

   Not in that low ly sta ble, with the ox stand ing by, we shall see but in hea ven, set at God's hand on high; when like stars chil dren crowned all in white shall wait around.

Fri att sjunga: Henry John Gauntlett dog 1876, Arthur Henry Mann dog 1929 och Cecil Frances Alexander dog 1895.