{title: Once In Royal David’s City}
{artist:Reawaken Hymns}
{key: Eb}
{capo:3}

{comment: Intro/Interludes}
[Eb]

{comment: Verse 1}
[Eb]Once in royal David's city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed.
Where a mother laid her baby,
In a manger for His bed.
[Ab]Mary [Eb]was that [Fm]mother [Eb]mild,
[Ab]Jesus [Eb]Christ, her [Bb]little [Eb]Child.

{comment: Verse 2}
[Eb]He came down to [Ab]earth from [Eb]heaven,
[Eb]Who is [Cm]God and [Bb]Lord of [Eb]all,
[Bb]And His [Eb]shelter [Ab]was a [Eb]stable,
[Eb]And His [Cm]cradle [Bb]was a [Eb]stall;
[Ab]With the [Eb]poor and [Fm]mean and [Eb]lowly,
[Ab]Lived on [Eb]earth our [Bb]Savior [Eb]holy.

{comment: Verse 3}
[Eb]For He is our [Ab]childhood's [Eb]pattern,
[Eb]Day by [Cm]day, like [Bb]us, He [Eb]grew.
[Bb]He was [Eb]little, [Ab]weak, and [Eb]helpless,
[Eb]Tears and [Cm]smiles, like [Bb]us, He [Eb]knew;
[Ab]And he [Eb]feeleth [Fm]for our [Eb]sadness,
[Ab]And he [Eb]shareth in [Bb]our [Eb]gladness.

{comment: Verse 4}
[Eb]And our eyes at [Ab]last shall [Eb]see Him,
[Eb]Through His [Cm]own red[Bb]eeming [Eb]love.
[Bb]For that [Eb]Child so [Ab]dear and [Eb]gentle,
[Eb]Is our [Cm]Lord in [Bb]heaven ab[Eb]ove;
[Ab]And He [Eb]leads His [Fm]children [Eb]on,
[Ab]To the [Eb]place where [Bb]He is [Eb]gone.