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composer/group:
Gauntlett, H.J.
title:
Once in Royal David's City
category:
Hymns & Carols
lyrics or other text:
words by C.F. Alexander
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 child.