Once in royal davids 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 mean and lowly

Lived on earth our saviour holy

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 cares when we are sadness

And he shares when we are gladness