Once In Royal David’s City (hi-lo)

W: Cecil F. Alexander
M: Henry J. Gauntlet
Key: G

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Once in roy-al Da-vids cit-y,

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Stood a low-ly cat- tle shed,

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Where a moth-er laid her Ba-by,

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In a man-ger for His bed:

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Ma-ry was that moth-er mild,

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Je-sus Christ, her lit-tle Child.

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.