With One Voice ‎#643

643. Once in Royal David's City

1 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.

2 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 meek and lowly
lived on earth our Savior holy.

3 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 has gone.

4 Not in that poor lowly stable
with the oxen standing by
we shall see him, but in heaven,
set at God's right hand on high:
there his children gather round
bright like stars, with glory crowned.

Text Information

• First Line: Once in royal David's city
• Title: Once in Royal David's City
• Author: Cecil F. Alexander, 1818-1895
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Micah 5:2-4
  ;
  Philippians 2:5-11
  ;
  Revelation 7:13-17
• Topic: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: IRBY
• Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805-1876
• Arranger (flute): Richard Proulx, b. 1937
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 7 7
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Flute arr. © Augsburg Publishing House