Text: | Once in Royal David's City |
Author: | Cecil F. Alexander |
Tune: | IRBY |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett |
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.
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.
3 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.
4 And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Thro' 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Once in royal David's city |
Title: | Once in Royal David's City |
Author: | Cecil F. Alexander (1848) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 7 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Children: Hymns about Children; Christ: Birth; Christ: Example |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IRBY |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett (1849) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 7 7 |
Key: | F Major |