Once upon a Christmas

Far away in Bethlehem

Mary being great with child

Had no place to lie down

So Joseph found a stable

In which Mary had her child

Once upon a Christmas

Was the birth of Jesus Christ

Once upon a Christmas

In a manger far away

A king was born his palace

Was a manger filled with hay

His royal robe was swaddling cloth

A halo was his crown

Once upon a Christmas

Away in Bethlehem

And all the world rejoiced

Because the king was born at last

A savior had been promised now

It had come to pass

And the joyful news

That he was born spread

Quickly far and wide

Once upon a Christmas

Was the birth of Jesus Christ

Once upon a Christmas

From the far east wise men came

With gold and myrrh

And frankincense to praise the newborn king

And shepherds left their flocks at night

And came to worship him

Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem

All the world rejoiced

Because the king was born at last

A savior had been promised now

It had come to pass

And the joyful news that

He was born spread quickly far and wide

Once upon a Christmas

Was the birth of Jesus Christ

All the world rejoiced

Because the king was born at last

A savior had been promised now

It had come to pass

And the joyful news that

He was born spread quickly far and wide

Once upon a Christmas

Was the birth of Jesus Christ

Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem