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Key: Eb

ONCE IN  ROYAL DAVID'S CITY

Verse 1:
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Once in  royal David's ci-ty
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Stood  a    lowly  cat – tle shed,
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Where a   mother laid her  ba-by
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In  a   manger for His  bed.
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Mary was that  mo  –  ther mild,
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Jesus Christ, her lit – tle child.

Verse 2:
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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 shelter was a sta-ble
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And His  cradle was a stall.
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With the poor and meek   and lowly
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Lived on earth our Sav-iour holy.

Verse 3:
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And through all His wondrous child-hood
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He would honour and ob - ey,
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Love and watch the lowly mot - her
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In whose gentle arms He lay.
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Christian children   all    should be
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Mild, o - bedient, good  as He.

Verse 4:
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For He  is our childhood's patt-ern;
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Day by  day   like  us  He grew;
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He was little, weak and help-less;
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Tears and smiles like us He knew:
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And He feeleth for    our  sadness,
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And He shareth in  our gladness.

Verse 5:
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And our eyes at last shall see Him
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Through His  own  re-deem-ing 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 child - ren on
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To the place where He has gone.

Verse 6:
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Not  in  that poor lowly sta-ble,
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With the  oxen    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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There His children ga  -  ther round,
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Bright like stars, with glo-ry  crowned.