Once in Royal David's City

We shall sing this carol as the final piece during the pre-Mass carols.

Music PDF
Please download the pdf at the following link:

http://simoneolivieri.altervista.org/file/pdf/oncein.pdf

You may be greeted by a screen in Italian - click the link which reads 'qui'

Verses 3-6 are as follows;

3. And, through all His wondrous childhood, He would honor and obey, Love and watch the lowly maiden, In whose gentle arms He lay: Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He.

4. 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 feeleth for our sadness, And He shareth in our gladness.

5. And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love, For that Child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in Heav’n above, And He leads His children on To the place where He is gone.

6. 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; Where like stars His children crowned All in white shall wait around.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/n/onceirdc.htm

Verse 6 shall be melody in unison with descant.

Practice track
You can download or listen to an mp3 here:

http://simoneolivieri.altervista.org/file/midi/oncein.mid

You may be greeted by a screen in Italian - click the link which reads 'qui'

One can listen to the different voices using a player such as VanBasco MIDI player

Don't rely on Youtube for listening to this one as there are a number of different arrangements available.