It came to pass back in those days
that Caesar, he decreed
A census would be taken of the
Roman world, you see
So everyone packed up and headed
back to their home towns
And Joseph up from Galilee to
Bethlehem was bound

So it came to pass this man named
Joe was with his fiance
When her pregnancy began to show
he planned to go away
But it came to pass that in a dream an
angel of the Lord
Said, "Joseph, don't you be afraid
to marry Mary for
The little baby in her womb it is the
Holy Spirit's work
You may have read the prophet said a
virgin would give birth

So it came to pass that Joseph was
the noblest of men
With a woman on a donkey on their
way to Bethlehem
And I wonder whether either was
aware enough that day
To know the child would bring a
Kingdom
and the old would come to pass away

Yes, it came to pass that Joseph was
the noblest of men
With a woman on a donkey on their
way to Bethlehem