Once In Royal David’s City

Chip Houston sings while Dave Caudill plays the organ. TEXT: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848; MUSIC: Henry John Gauntlett, 1849; harm., Arthur Henry Mann, 1919 HYMN, 140 ~ Vs., 1, 4 IRBY Like “All Things Bright and Beautiful” this popular Christmas hymn was written by an Irish poet to illustrate for children the various articles of the Apostle’s Creed.