Once in royal David's city - Makaton signed by Becky George

I am a right handed signer, this means my dominant hand in signing is my right hand. If you are left handed, use this hand as your dominant hand.
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I usually base my signing in the Makaton Core Vocabulary and sign at a Key Word level. All songs are signed into their meaning not literal translation.
Once in Royal David’s city
long ago, king, D, place
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
there, cow, stable
Where a mother laid her Baby
Mary, lay, baby
In a manger for His bed:
manger, bed
Mary was that mother mild,
Mary, mother, calm
Jesus Christ her little Child.
Jesus, baby
He came down to earth from heaven,
Jesus, come, earth, heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
God, Lord, all
And His shelter was a stable,
God, safe, stable
And His cradle was a stall;
bed, manger
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
with, poor, calm,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
live, earth, Saviour, holy
And through all His wondrous childhood
all, great, children
He would honour and obey,
Jesus, love, true
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
love, look, Mary
In whose gentle arms He lay:
calm, baby
Christian children all must be
Christian, children, all, true
Mild, obedient, good as He.
calm, good, same, Jesus
For he is our childhood’s pattern;
Jesus, our, children
Day by day, like us He grew;
day, day, same, Jesus, grow
He was little, weak and helpless,
Jesus, little, weak, to help
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
cry, smile, same, Jesus, to know
And He feeleth for our sadness,
Jesus, feel, sad
And He shareth in our gladness.
Jesus, share, happy
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
our, eye, see, God
Through His own redeeming love;
Jesus, love
For that Child so dear and gentle
baby, love, calm,
Is our Lord in heaven above,
our, Lord, heaven
And He leads His children on
lead, children
To the place where He is gone.
heaven, Jesus, God
Not in that poor lowly stable,
no, there, stable
With the oxen standing by,
with, cows, standing
We shall see Him; but in heaven,
we, see, Jesus, Heaven
Set at God’s right hand on high;
God, near
Where like stars His children crowned
same, stars, children, angel
All in white shall wait around.
all, white, angels