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Introdução:
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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.