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Once in Royal David's City

 
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1. Once in  ro-yal Da-vid's ci - ty
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   Stood  a   lo-wly cat-tle shed
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   Where a   mo-ther laid her ba - by
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   In  a   man-ger for His bed:
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   Ma-ry was that mo-ther mild
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   Je-sus Christ her lit-tle child

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2. He came down to earth from hea-ven
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   Who is  God and Lord of  all
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   And His shel-ter was a sta - ble
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   And  His  cra-dle was  a   stall;
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   With the poor and meek and low-ly
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   Lived on earth our Sav-ior Ho-ly

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3. And through all His won-drous child-hood
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   He would ho-nor and o - bey
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   Love and watch the low-ly mo - ther
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   In whose gen-tle arms He  lay
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   Chris-tian chil-dren all should be
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   Mild, o-be-dient, good as  He

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4. For He  is our child-hood's pat - tern
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   Day by  day like us  He  grew
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   He was lit-tle, weak, and help-less
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   Tears and smiles like us He  knew
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   And He feel-eth for our sad-ness
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   And He sha-reth in our glad-ness

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5. And our eyes at last shall see Him
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   Through His own re-dee-ming love;
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   For that child so dear and gen-tle
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   Is our Lord in hea-ven a-bove
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   And He leads His chil-dren on
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   To the place where He is  gone

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6. Not in  that poor lo-wly sta-ble
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   With the o-xen stan-ding by
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   We shall see Him, but in hea-ven
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   Set at  God's right hand on  high;
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   When like stars   His chil-dren crowned
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   All in white shall be a - round

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