##(Verse 1)
 Once
 in
 royal
 David's
 city,
 stoo
d a
 lowly
 cat
tle
 shed
 Where
 a
 mother
 laid her
 b
aby,
 i
n a
 manger
 for
 His
 bed
 Mary
 was that
 mother
 mild,
 Jesus
 Christ her
 li
ttle
 child

##(Verse 2)
 He
 came
 down to
 earth from
 heaven,
 who
 is
 God and
 Lord
 of
 all
 And
 His
 shelter
 was a
 st
able,
 and
 His
 cradle
 was
 a s
tall
 With the
 poor and
 mean and
 lowly,
 lived on
 earth our
 Sa
viour
 holy

##(Verse 3)
 And
 through
 all His
 wondrous
 childhood,
 He
 would
 honour
 and
 ob
ey
 Love
 and
 watch the
 lowly
 m
other,
 in
 whose
 gentle
 arms
 He
 lay
 Christian
 children
 all should
 be,
 kind, 
obedient,
 good
 as
 He

##(Verse 4)
 For
 He
 is our
 childhood's
 pattern,
 day
 by
 day like
 us
 He
 grew
 He
 was
 little,
 weak and
 hel
pless,
 tears
 and
 smiles like
 us
 He
 knew
 And He
 feels for
 all our
 sadness,
 and He
 shares in
 all
 our
 gladness

##(Verse 5)
 And
 our
 eyes at
 last shall
 see Him,
 through
 His
 own r
ede
eming
 love
 For
 that
 Child so
 dear and
 gen
tle,
 is
 our
 Lord in
 heaven
 ab
ove
 And He
 leads His
 children
 on,
 to the
 place where
 He
 is
 gone

##(Verse 6)
 Not
 in
 that poor
 lowly
 stable,
 with
 the
 oxen
 sta
nding
 by
 We
 shall
 see Him
 but in
 he
aven,
 set
 at
 God's right
 hand
 on
 high
 There His
 children
 gather
 round,
 bright like
 stars, with
 gl
ory
 crowned