| Artist: | Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (English) |
| User: | ette4eva |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
[Key:] F [Time:] 4/4 [BPM:] 69-84 [Sung:] Reverently [Tune:] Irby [Text:] Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818–1895 [Music:] Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805–1876 [Scriptures:] Luke 2:4–7, 11–12 / Mosiah 3:5–8
1.
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Once in roy - al Da - vid’s ci - ty
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Stood a low - ly cat - tle shed,
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Where a moth - er laid her ba - by
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In a man - ger for his bed:
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Ma - ry was that moth - er mild,
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Je - sus Christ her lit - tle child.
2.
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He came down to earth from heav - en,
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Who is God and Lord of all,
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And his shel - ter was a sta - ble,
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And his cra - dle was a stall;
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With the poor, and mean, and low - ly,
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Lived on earth our Sav - ior ho - ly.
3.
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And our eyes at last shall see him,
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Through his own re -deem - ing love;
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For that child so dear and gen - tle
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Is our Lord in heav’n a - bove,
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And he leads his chil - dren on
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To the place where he is gone.