Once In Royal David's City

Once in Royal David's City - Christmas Songs

(Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895))

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