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Tune: Binghamton · 3/4 · Eb

A Child of The King

Words: Harriet E. Buell, 1877, alt. Music and Setting: 'Binghamton' John Bunnell Sumner, 1877.

Key
Eboriginal
Tempo
120bpm

Shown in the original key. The loop button repeats the tune for every verse; the last phrase serves as the introduction.

Words

  1. 1My 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. 2My 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. 3I 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. 4A 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.