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I do find it hard to believe that “Once in David’s Royal City” won out in popularity over all of those others except “O Holy Night.” I have trouble believing it won out over all but 2 on the honorable mention list.

I guess we just don’t sing it much in my part of the country.

I can’t recall ever having sung it.

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I wondered about that one too. But it was the blogger’s personal choices so......

We can list ours now! LOL!

There is one that is in the back of my brain that isn’t coming out yet. I’ll post it when I remember the title.

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**I can’t recall ever having sung it.**

Me either, but I just found it in the new missalette.

First verse
Once in roal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed.
Where a mother and her baby
In a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild
Jesus Christ her little child

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It’s an old one
Cecil Frances Alelxander 1818-1895
Henry Gauntlett, 1805-1876

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Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Saturday, December 25, 2010 9:00 AM

Once, In Royal David’s City

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 mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Savior holy.

For He is our childhood’s pattern;
Day by day like us he grew.
He was little, weak and helpless,
Tear and smile, like us, he knew;
And He cares when we are sad,
And he shares when we are glad.

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.

Nativity at Night, Geertgen tot Sing Jans, c. 1490