A Child of The King

Music: Sumner, John Bunnell (1838-1918) · Words: Buell, Harriet Eugenia Peck (1834-1910) · Press play and watch the score light up — solo any part, slow it down, loop the hard bits. Free.

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Lyrics

1. My Father is rich in houses and lands, He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and diamonds of silver and gold His coffers are full,- He has riches untold. I'm a child of the King, a child of the King: With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.

2. My Father's own Son, the Savior of men, Once wander'd o'er earth as the poorest of men, But now He is reigning forever on high, And will give me a home in heaven by and by.

3. I once was an outcast stranger on earth, A sinner by choice, and an alien by birth! But I've been adopted, my name's written down,- An heir to a mansion, a robe, and a crown.

4. A tent or a cottage, why should I care? They're building a palace for me over there! Tho' exiled from home, yet, still I may sing: All glory to God, I'm the child of a King.

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