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Once in Royal David's City è un tradizionale canto natalizio, scritto da Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895; autrice delle parole) e da Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876; autore della musica).[1][2][3] Il testo apparve per la prima volta nel 1848[1] come poesia negli Hymns for Little Children[1][3], mentre la melodia "Irby" con cui è accompagnato fu composta l'anno seguente[1][2].

Once in Royal David's City
Artista
Autore/i	Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (testo) Henry John Gauntlett (melodia)
Genere	Carola natalizia
Esecuzioni notevoli	Robin Gibb Mantovani Sinead O'Connor Tre Tenori …
Data	1848 (testo)/1849 (melodia)
Durata	3 min : 55 s
Note	Testo apparso per la prima volta in: Hymns for Little Children

Testo

Il testo, di carattere religioso, parla degli eventi relativi alla nascita di Gesù[1][4]

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.

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.

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.

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 is gone.

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.

Versioni discografiche

Tra gli interpreti che hanno inciso il brano, figurano, tra gli altri (in ordine alfabetico)[5]:

• The Carol Singers
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• The Chieftains
• Choir of Worcester College
• Dana Cunningham
• The Countdown Kids
• Mark Ford
• Robin Gibb
• Dan Gibson
• Heidi Grant Murphy
• Claire Holley
• James Earl Jones
• Kensington Theatre Ensemble
• Stan Kenton
• King's College Choir of Cambridge
• Cleo Laine
• Lorie Line
• The Lyric Brass Quintet
• Mantovani
• Phil Manzanera con The Players e Andy Mackay
• Jan Mulder
• Sinéad O'Connor(nella compilation A Murray Christmas, 2012[6])
• Daniel O'Donnell
• Terry Oldfield
• Scarlet Rivera
• Maggie Rose
• Steve Schuch
• Harry Secombe
• The Seekers
• Jonn Serrie
• George Beverly Shea
• Starlite Orchestra
• Sufjan Stevens
• St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Liz Story
• Tre Tenori
• Vienna Boys' Choir
• Rick Wakeman
• Danny Wright

Note

Altri progetti

• Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Once in Royal David's City

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Once in Royal David's City, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

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[en] Once in Royal David's City

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 Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music.[1]

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