Once In Royal David s City chords
H. Gauntlett / C. Alexander 1849
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Once in royal David s city,
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stood a lowly cattle shed
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Where a mother laid her Baby,
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in a manger for His bed
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Mary was that mother mild,
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Jesus Christ, her little Child.
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He came down to earth from heaven,
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who is God and Lord of all
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And His shelter was a stable,
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and His cradle was a stall
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With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
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lived on earth our Savior holy.
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And, through all His wondrous childhood,
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he would honor and obey
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Love and watch the lowly maiden,
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in whose gentle arms He lay
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Christian children all must be,
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mild, obedient, good as He.
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For He is our childhood's pattern;
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day by day, like us, He grew
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He was little, weak, and helpless,
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tears and smiles, like us He knew
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And He cares when we are sad,
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and he shares when we are glad.
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And our eyes at last shall see Him,
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through His own redeeming love
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For that Child so dear and gentle,
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is our Lord in heaven above
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And He leads His children on,
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to the place where He is gone.