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Once in roy al Da vid’s cit y stood a low ly cat tle shed,
where a moth er laid her Ba by in a man ger for His bed.
Mar y was that moth er mild,
Je sus Christ, her lit tle Child.
And our eyes at last shall see Him, through His own re deem ing love.
For That Child so dear and gen tle is our Lord in heav’n a bove;
and He leads His chil dren on
to the place where He is gone.
This page shows “Once In Royal David's City” by Christmas Carol in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 96 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.