Once In Royal David's City (chromatic)

by Christmas Carol

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ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY             
W: Cecil F. Alexander
M: Henry J. Gauntlet
Key: G

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Once in roy-al Da-vids cit-y, 
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Stood a low-ly cat- tle shed, 
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Where a moth-er laid her Ba-by, 
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In a man-ger for His bed: 
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Ma-ry was that moth-er mild, 
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Je-sus Christ, her lit-tle Child. 

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.