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Once in Royal David's 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 the mean
and lowly lived on
earth our Saviour holy
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
Once in Royal David's 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