1. Once in Royal David`s ci - ty stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her ba - by in a manger for his bed.
Mary was the mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.
2. He came down to earth from heaven,
who is God and Lo - rd of all,
and his shelter was a sta - ble, and his cradle was a stall.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3. And through all his wondrous childhood
he would honour and o - bey,
love and watch the lowly maiden in whose gentle arms he lay.
Christian children all must be, mild, obedient, good as he.
4. For he is our childhood`s pattern, day by day like us he grew.
He was little, weak and helpless,
tears and smiles like us he knew.
And he feeleth for our sadness,
and he shareth in our gladness.