Once In Royal David's City performed by Haven from the Album, The Best Of Christmas by Haven. Once In Royal David's City is a Christmas carol, which was originally a poem written by Cecil Frances Alexander, who in 1848 married an Anglican clergyman, and in 1867, upon her husband's consecration, thereby became a bishop's wife. It is set to the music of English organist Henry John Gauntlett. Once In Royal David's City was published in 1848 in Miss Cecil Humphreys' hymnbook Hymns for little Children. A year later, H.J. Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music. (Wikipedia)
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