Once In Royal David's City

Once in royal Davids 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.

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 Saviour holy.

For He 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 cares when we are sad

And he shares when we are glad.

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.