Once in Royal David's City-John Rutter

[00:00.00]Once in royal David’s City [00:01.08] [00:01.73]1. Once in royal David's city [00:08.48]Stood a lowly cattle shed, [00:16.55]Where a mother laid her Baby [00:24.54]In a manger for His bed: [00:32.84]Mary was that mother mild, [00:41.05]Jesus Christ her little Child. [00:51.62]2. He came down to earth from heaven, [00:59.19]Who is God and Lord of all, [01:07.17]And His shelter was a stable, [01:14.70]And His cradle was a stall; [01:22.63]With the poor, and mean, and lowly, [01:29.96]Lived on earth our Savior holy. [01:37.44]3. But our eyes in truth should see him [01:48.08]Through his own redeeming love, [01:55.91]For that child so dear and gentle [02:03.42]Is our Lord in heaven above, [02:11.45]As he leads his children on [02:19.25]To the place where he is gone. [02:29.47]Not in that poor lowly stable [02:36.75]With the oxen standing by [02:45.50]Shall we se him, but in heaven, [02:52.15]Set at god’s right hand on high. [02:59.57]Then like stars his children, crowned, [03:07.54]All in white, his praise will sound!