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From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt)
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Subject: Christmas: Once in Royal David's City
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Date: 14 Dec 92 18:11:21 GMT
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This is my wife's favorite Christmas carol, played and sung slooooowly :-)
			Once in Royal David's City
IRBY							Henry John Gauntlett

Intro:
F (133211@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7 F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7 F (133211@1)F (133211@1)  C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F     C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C    FOnce (133211@1)in royal David's city, stood a lowly cattle  shed,
     C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      G7 (320001@1)     C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)  Fwhere (133211@1)a mother laid her baby in a manger for His  bed.
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)      Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)FMary (133211@1)was that mo - ther mild, Jesus Christ her little child.


F (133211@1)C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C    FHe (133211@1)came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all,
     C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F       G7 (320001@1)  C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)FAnd (133211@1)His shelter was a stable, and His cradle was a stall;
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)      Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C      F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)FWith (133211@1)the poor and meek and lowly, lived on earth our savior holy.


F (133211@1)  C7 (x32310@1)   F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F     Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C      FAnd (133211@1)through all His wondrous childhood, he would honor and obey,
     C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)    G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7 F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)    FLove (133211@1)and watch the lowly mother, in whose gentle arms He lay.
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)      Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C         F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)FChristian (133211@1)children all should be, mild, obedient, good as He.


F (133211@1)  C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_133211@1">F        C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)       FAnd (133211@1)our eyes at last shall see Him, through his own redeeming love.
     C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)   G7 (320001@1)     C7 (x32310@1)  F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)For that child so dear and gentle, is our Lord in heaven above;
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)      Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C     F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)FAnd (133211@1)He leads His children on, to the place where he is gone.


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;

When like stars His children crowned, all in while shall wait around.