Once In Royal David’s City in British Sign Language
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Key: G major
Once In Royal David’s City
Words by Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 (Public Domain)
Music (Irby) by Henry J. Gauntlett, 1849 (Public Domain)
Signed by Tony Hawkins
Vocals by David Luke
Piano by John Wilson
Audio recorded and produced by David Luke
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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.
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, and meek, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love;
For that child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above,
And He leads His children on
To the place where He has gone
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him, but in heaven
Set at God’s right hand on high
When like stars His children crowned
All in white shall wait around.