Irby
Once in royal David's city
102
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Various Recordings
Entrance Hymn: Irby (Once in Royal David's City)
Organist: Zack von Menchhofen, Soloist: Pam Bennett
Metric Index
87. 87. 77
Modality
F Major
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author (st. 3)
James Waring McCrady [b. 1938]
Author (sts. 1-2, 4-6)
Cecil Frances Alexander [1818-1895]
Composer (melody)
Henry John Gauntlett [1805-1876]
Copyright
St. 3 © 1982, James Waring McCrady
Harmonizer
Arthur Henry Mann [1850-1929]
Language
English
Publication Date
1985
Last Five Uses
• Used on Dec 12, 2021 10:30 as the Processional Carol at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 23, 2018 10:30 as the Third Carol at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 28, 2014 00:00 as the Processional Carol at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 30, 2012 10:00 as the First Carol at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 30, 2007 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 23, 2018 10:30 as the Third Carol at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 28, 2014 00:00 as the Processional Carol at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 30, 2012 10:00 as the First Carol at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 30, 2007 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
Poem Words (Six verses)
1.
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.
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.
2.
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, the scorned, the lowly
lived on earth our Savior holy.
who is God and Lord of all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall;
with the poor, the scorned, the lowly
lived on earth our Savior holy.
3.
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4.
For he is our lifelong pattern;
daily, when on earth he grew;
he was tempted, scorned, rejected,
tears and smiles like us he knew.
Thus he feels for all our sadness,
and he shares in all our gladness.
daily, when on earth he grew;
he was tempted, scorned, rejected,
tears and smiles like us he knew.
Thus he feels for all our sadness,
and he shares in all our gladness.
5.
And our eyes at last shall see him,
through his own redeeming love;
for that child who seemed so helpless
is our Lord in heaven above;
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is gone.
through his own redeeming love;
for that child who seemed so helpless
is our Lord in heaven 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 round,
we shall see him; but in heaven,
where his saints his throne surround:
Christ, revealed to faithful eye,
set a God's right hand on high.
with the oxen standing round,
we shall see him; but in heaven,
where his saints his throne surround:
Christ, revealed to faithful eye,
set a God's right hand on high.
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