Once In Royal David's City - Sufjan Stevens

Once In Royal David's City Lyrics

Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed
Mary was that mother mild
Jesus Christ her little childHe came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all
And His shelter was a stable
And His cradle was a stall
With the poor and mean and lowly,
Lived on earth our Savior holyAnd through all his wonders
childhood
he would honour and obey
love and watch the lowly maiden
in whose gentle arms he lay
Cristian children all must be
mild,obedient good as heNot in that poor lowly stable
with the oxen standing by

we shall see him: but in heaven
set as Gods wright hand on high
when like stars his children crowned
all in white shall what around