[Verse 1]

Mary was the first of three

Long black hair and sugar sweet

Daddy's eyes and Momma's crooked smile

She was barely seventeen

Got a job keeping dishes clean

Planned to stay in this city for a while

For a while

[Verse 2]

Joseph ran a lumber yard

About a mile from Olive park

Quiet boy, he never had much to say

It was love right from the start

He bought a ring and won Mary's heart

Had hopes for a home and kids someday

Kids someday

[Verse 3]

The angel scared her half to death

She would've screamed but she lost her breath

On a midnight there in the middle of May

He said "Oh Mary, don't be afraid

You'll bear a son that the Lord has made

Call him Jesus, He'll light the way"

[Verse 4]

She packed the clothes, he made the plans

They had to go to Bethlehem

But there was nowhere left to stay

So in a barn she gave birth

To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth

Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay

Sleeping on the hay

[Verse 5]

The story's too long to tell

But He walked on water and lived through hell

Killed on a cross and rose from the grave

We got a King, they got a Son

Mary and Joseph were the only ones

There on that very first Christmas day

There on that very first Christmas day