A Child of The King

Words and music by Harriet Eugenia Peck Buell · 1877

Key of Eb · 120 BPM · 3/4 · Assurance,Atonement,Children · Rom 8:14-17

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Chorus

I'm a child of the King, a child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior I'm a child of the King.

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