Once In Royal David's City

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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.  

G                   C  
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.  

G                      C  
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  
D                        G  
Mild, obedient, good as He.  

G                    C  
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 feeleth for our sadness,  
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And He shareth in our gladness.  

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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.