once in royal david's city

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

and mean

and lowly

lived on earth our savior holy

and through all his wondrous childhood

he would honor and obey

love and watch the lowly maiden

in whose gentle arms he lay

christian children all must be

mild

obedient

god as he

and our eyes at last shall see him

through his own redeeming love

for that child so dear and gentle

is our lord in heav'n above

and he leads his children on

to the place where he is gone

jesus christ

her little child