This is a transcription from Rev. Richard R. Chope, Carols For Use In Church (London: William Clowes & Sons, 1894).

For a scan of the original, including a detailed dynamics scheme, visit www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com

Once in Royal David's City is a Christmas carol originally written as a poem by Cecil Frances Alexander. The carol was first published in 1848 in her hymnbook Hymns for Little Children. A year later, the English organist Henry John Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music.
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