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1. Once in Royal David`s ci  -  ty stood a lowly cattle  shed,
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    where a mother laid her ba  -  by in a manger for his bed.
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    Mary was the mother mild, Jesus Christ her little   child.
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2. He came down to earth from heaven, 
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    who is God and Lo - rd  of   all,
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    and his shelter was a sta - ble, and his cradle was  a   stall.
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    With the poor, and mean, and lowly, 
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    lived on earth our Saviour holy.
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3. And through all his wondrous childhood
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    he would honour and o - bey,
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    love and watch the lowly maiden in whose gentle arms he  lay.
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    Christian children all must be, mild, obedient, good as  he.
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4. For he is our childhood`s pattern, day by day like us he grew.
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    He was little, weak and helpless, 
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    tears and smiles like us  he  knew.
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    And he feeleth for our sadness,
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    and he shareth in  our  gladness.