Once in royal city

Melodi: H.J. Gauntlett 1849
Tekst: C. F. H. Alexander 1818 - 1895

Erling Jan Sørensens klaver-arrangement
med egne forspil, mellemspil, efterspil.

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1.

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.

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 mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

3.

And through all His wondrous childhood
    He would honor and obey,
    Love and watch the lowly mother,
    In whose gentle arms He lay:
    Christian children all must be
    Mild, obedient, good as He.

4.

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 feeleth for our sadness
And he shareth in our gladness.

5.

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.

6.

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;
Where like stars His children crowned
All in white shall wait around.


Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander 1818 - 1895
Henry John Gauntlett 1805 - 1876