Aarav Viaan Pinto playing ' Once in Royal David City ' (Lyrics: Cecil Frances Alexander | Music: Henry John Gauntlett ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 19 - December 19, 2025 : ' Once in Royal David’s City ' began not as a carol, but as a children’s poem written in 1848 by Cecil Frances Alexander , one of the most influential hymn writers of the 19th century, to teach doctrine, rather than for performance. It appeared in her
