Once in royal 
David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for 
His bedMary was that mother mild
Jesus Christ her little child
He 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, oppressed and wholly
Lived on earth our 
Savior holy
And our eyes
At last shall see 
HimThrough 
His own redeeming love
For that child, so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above
And He leads 
His children along
To the place where 
He is gone